Datang: My Peerless Talent Has Been Exposed

Zhang Nuo didn't know what Lao Li was thinking. If he knew that he could get a shining umbrella in exchange for such a chat with Lao Li, he would jump up for joy.

Li Shimin is also a good person. Seeing that his younger brother Zhang opened a bookstore, and he is still taking the low-cost and close-to-people route, he naturally has to support him. After pondering for a while, he said,

"Brother, I still have some classics and history books annotated by great Confucians in my study. I will send someone to bring them to you, and you will print them out at that time. If it is not enough, Lao Li, I will go out and get it for you with this old face!"

Zhang Nuo smiled and cupped his hands as a thank you, but he was secretly proud. Sure enough, Lao Li is a middle-aged angry youth, and he likes this kind of rhetoric about serving the country the most.

However, looking at Lao Li, who was smiling and sipping his wine and food, Zhang Nuo, who had just plucked his wool, started to itch again.

"Old Li, didn't you say that you have a relative in the Ministry of Household Affairs, can you hook up with the Ministry of Punishment?"

Li Shimin almost spit out his wine, he was talking nonsense before, he doesn't have any relatives in the household department, they are all his courtiers.

It can be seen that the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang asked this question, and said that he wanted to hook up with the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Could it be that there is something big going on?

He wasn't worried about Shopkeeper Xiaozhang committing crimes. After all, to put it bluntly, the court's spies had been paying attention to this place, and their attention was higher than that of ordinary court officials.

One is because Li Shimin often comes to eat, so naturally some people who are dissatisfied with the court cannot be allowed to come in and endanger his safety. The other is because Li Shimin's personal business is still here, what if someone makes trouble?

If it delays His Majesty the Tang Emperor's earning money from his private house, it is estimated that Li Shimin can jump up and personally kill him.

But if he didn't commit a crime, could he have noticed some clues?

Li Shimin didn't drink alcohol or eat food at the moment, looked at the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang with a serious face and asked,

"My relative is not too old or too young, but there are a few acquaintances in the Ministry of Punishment. What's the matter, if you need help from my brother, just ask."

Zhang Nuo was relieved when he heard Lao Li's answer. What else could he do to help? Naturally, he must find a way to make money!

He is aiming at the Ministry of Criminal Justice!

Chapter 61 What Book to Read

Zhang Nuo approached Li Shimin with a smile, poured him a glass of wine, and said slowly,

"Look, Lao Li, as soon as my book is sold, will there be more scholars? If there are more scholars, will there be more people who take the imperial examination? Why don't they buy a copy of the Laws of the Tang Dynasty compiled by the Ministry of Punishment and go back to study?"

"So I just want to ask, do you have anything to do with the Ministry of Punishment? Can you write an article to allow my bookstore to print the Laws of the Tang Dynasty for sale?"

Li Shimin was a little baffled, why did he have to buy the laws of the Tang Dynasty to take part in the imperial examination?

But as soon as he asked this question, Zhang Nuo was also dumbfounded, and asked blankly,

"Doesn't the imperial examination examine laws? Don't they only examine classics and historical records?"

Li Shimin laughed out loud, feeling extremely happy, my God, it can be regarded as encountering something that the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang didn't know.

The most ridiculous thing is that as a scholar who is full of economics and shouts every day to take the imperial examination to become an official, he doesn't know what to take in the imperial examination. Isn't this funny?

Li Shimin drank a glass of wine with a smile, and slowly began to popularize Zhang Nuo's science.

"The imperial examinations in our dynasty are divided into two categories: regular subjects and system subjects. The regular subjects are held every year, and the system subjects are subjects temporarily set by the emperor. Candidates for the regular subjects include students and tributes."

"There are many titles of regular subjects, which are divided into subjects such as scholar, Mingjing, Jinshi, Mingfa, Mingshu, and Mingshu according to the conditions of applicants and the content of the exam."

"Shengtu is a student who has passed the entrance examination in Guozijian (Guozixue, Hongwenguan, Chongwenguan) and various schools. Xianggong is a person who has passed the government examination and state examination, also known as Juren, and the first name is called Xie Yuan."

"Those who pass the provincial examination of the imperial court are called Jinshi Jidi, those who take the first examination are called champions, and the rest are divided into A and B. In addition to the annual regular examinations, there are also temporary and irregular imperial examinations hosted by the emperor himself , It’s called System Section.”

Zhang Nuo was stunned for a long time after hearing this. The history books only said that the imperial examination required examinations of the Four Books and Five Classics, writing articles, etc. He really didn't know what to test.

But in his opinion, doesn't it mean that after passing the exam, he will eventually have to go down to be a county magistrate to judge cases or something?I don't know how the laws of the Tang Dynasty work?

But now Lao Li told him that if you are a scholar and become an official, you don't need to recite the laws and decrees of the Tang Dynasty at all.

Li Shimin saw that Zhang Nuo was unhappy, and he was still thinking about the idiot question Zhang Nuo asked just now, so he smiled and comforted,

"The law of the Tang Dynasty you mentioned should be the law of Wu De. This matter is simple. Let me help you ask. It should not be a big problem. After all, the Ministry of Criminal Justice also hopes that the more people who understand the law, the better."

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Zhang Nuo also nodded. As long as he can achieve it, even if he can't do business as a scholar, at least ordinary scholars should buy it if he wants to.

Even if later generations have never opened a bookstore, they will know that selling teaching aids is the most profitable business of the bookstore, and everything else is bullshit, so Zhang Nuo is so careful about the books used for the imperial examination.

Especially in this day and age, if you pass the exam, you will have a permanent job, which is better than the distribution of packages in later generations.

Then if there is an exam guidance book, you have to buy it quickly. Isn’t reading at this time just to take the exam and become an official?

Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo couldn't help complaining,

"Old Li, what do you think these officials in the court are thinking? Why don't you take the Wudelu test for the provincial examination that you can become a county magistrate if you pass the entrance examination? Then how will they judge the case then?"

"Let's go with our temper. That's nonsense. Maybe it will be suspended and wrongly convicted. But listen to the master. Then who is the magistrate in the long run?"

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard this, and stopped drinking the wine that was brought to his mouth. After thinking about it carefully, yes, why can't he take the martial arts test?

According to what Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang said, it’s just that, the vast majority of Jinshi in the court are waiting to fill the vacancies, but the county magistrate fills the most vacancies.

But one of the biggest functions of the county magistrate in the local area is to judge cases, but can a county magistrate who has never studied or passed the Wude Law really not judge the wrong case?

Does the Criminal Ministry have to send people around to investigate the case?How much manpower and material resources will it cost?Why can't you take one more exam?

Li Shimin thought of a lot of benefits in a blink of an eye, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the subject of law should be added to the provincial and provincial examinations. Anyway, the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang's bookstore was about to open at this moment.

The money I used to buy a book in the past can probably buy all the books I need now, so there is no point in learning one more subject.

Alright, I will discuss it with someone later, and try to get it next year!

As an ambitious emperor, Li Shimin attaches great importance to the recruitment of talents, but no matter how eager he is for talents, he can't act recklessly, so Li Shimin decided that he would rather be short than excessive, and not recruit some stupid officials at that time.