All Heavens: Starting from Traveling Through Song Qingshu

Chapter 103 Your Majesty, This Is Not Fair!
Under the strange gazes of Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, the three daughters of Zhou Zhiruo bowed to Song Xuan and then retreated one after another.

After a few people left, Song Lian, the old man in charge of affairs such as the etiquette and imperial examinations, started to complain directly.

"If your majesty needs it, you can go to the harem and close the door to do what you like, but this imperial study is a place where state affairs are handled, and it is extremely sacred! How can you prostitute yourself in such a place?"

Song Xuanqian laughed and said: "Before the Supreme Emperor came to visit and had something to discuss, I called the empress, noble concubine and others to meet the Supreme Emperor, not what Aiqing and others thought."

The Royal Study Room is an important place for the royal family to deal with state affairs and receive courtiers. It is really inappropriate to call the concubines of the harem here. It is no wonder that the old man Song Lian can't see it.

Song Lian wanted to continue to say something, but was stopped by Liu Bowen and smoothed things over, "Even if the bride of an ordinary family comes over, she will serve tea to her parents-in-law the next day.

This, the minister can understand, can understand! "

As he said that, he touched Li Shanchang again, and Li Shanchang presented a booklet as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others negotiated and perfected various matters related to the imperial examination after the court was over. Please take a look at your Majesty."

Song Xuan took a look at the notebook and said, "It's very efficient."

After a quick glance, it was similar to the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty in his memory.

The first is the county examination, the government examination, and if you pass it, you will be a Tongsheng. Tongsheng is eligible to take the college examination, and you can be called a scholar after passing the examination.

Scholars are eligible to take the triennial provincial examination, that is, the provincial examination. Passing the examination can be called Juren, and at the level of Juren, they are qualified to be officials.

After the rural examination, there will be a general examination held in the capital. Juren from all provinces of the country will participate together, and those who are on the list will be Gongshi.

Finally, Gongshi will take part in the final palace examination in the palace, and candidates will be awarded the honor of Jinshi after the palace examination.

The palace examination is not aimed at eliminating people, but for ranking, selecting first-class Jinshi, second-class Jinshi, and third-class Jinshi.

"What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Seeing Song Xuan finished reading the excerpt, Li Shanchang asked nervously.

As the fundamental system for selecting talents for the country, the imperial examination has always been a major event, especially this time as the first person in charge of the first imperial examination in the Wu Dynasty, he was also cautious.

Song Xuan pondered for a while and said: "The Wu Dynasty was established at the beginning, and the number of officials needed is extremely large. The number of admissions in your notebook needs to be revised."

Song Xuan pointed to Zhezi and said, "For example, in the township examination, I see that only the top can get the title of Juren according to the suggestions you gave, this number is too small!

Expand to 80 or 100 people!

In the future, with the continuous expansion of the territory of our Wu Dynasty, the number of Juren will also continue to increase. "

"Your Majesty is wise!" Naturally, Li Shanchang would not have any objections, so he nodded quickly.

"There is still a test. According to your ideas, only the top 200 students in the country will be selected as tribute students. This number will also be increased to ."

After the Gongsheng students, there is the palace examination. As long as they participate in the palace examination, these Gongsheng students can all become Jinshi, but the rankings are different.

That is to say, in the nationwide imperial examinations held every three years, only two hundred Jinshi can be selected in the end, and only after becoming a Jinshi can one truly step into the officialdom, starting at the level of the grand master of Qipin County.

The county magistrate of the seventh grade may sound like a low rank, but in fact he has extremely high power.

On this point, you can refer to the county magistrates of later generations to understand how much power the Qipin county magistrates of this era have. In terms of power alone, the county magistrates of this era are more powerful than those of later generations.

The Yuan Dynasty paid little attention to imperial examinations and scholars, while Song Xuan, on the contrary, attached great importance to this aspect.

The imperial examination is a major event, and education is the century-old foundation of the empire. Song Xuan attaches great importance to it, and talked with Li Shanchang and the three of them for a long time about the imperial examination.

He even issued some special decrees to benefit scholars.

For example, if a scholar does not kneel when he sees an official, Tong Sheng can receive daily necessities such as rice noodles in the local government office on time every month.

Liu Bowen, Song Lian and others were also very happy that His Majesty the Emperor attached great importance to scholars, and the monarch and his ministers talked happily.

Until the end, Song Xuan said what he was most concerned about.

"You are all ministers of my humerus. I just want to ask you one question. If the candidates from various provinces enter Beijing at the same time to take the exam, which provinces will have more Jinshi?"

Li Shanchang was taken aback, but he didn't dare to hide it, and said: "Return to Your Majesty, if there is no accident, the first imperial examination in the Wu Dynasty, most of the Jinshi came from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces."

Seeing Liu Bowen and Song Lian's complexion changed, he hurriedly said: "It's not that I am biased on purpose, the main reason is that your Majesty took Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces as the foundation, and the two provinces are far from other provinces in terms of stability and wealth. Comparable.

And thinking about it, His Majesty should also be able to understand how important a stable learning environment is to scholars.Those provinces where there is not enough food and clothing, and they may even face the danger of life and death at any time, if the candidates enter the imperial examination in Beijing at the same time, how can they pass the exams in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces?
Especially the northern provinces, since the Southern Song Dynasty, have been ruled by foreign races all the year round, and most of the time they were in war. To be honest, compared with the Jiangnan provinces, the number of talented scholars is not a star and a half. "

Song Lian was thoughtful, Liu Bowen took the topic, and said: "Your Majesty is worried about the first imperial examination, and too few students from the north will be selected in the imperial examination?"

Song Xuan chuckled, "I'm not worried that the number of northern students will be admitted, but I'm worried that there won't be any!"

"What is it like in the North? You should have known it all the way from Jinling to Beijing. The foreign rule has been ruled for too long. Many ordinary people can't even speak Chinese, let alone read and write?"

Song Lian frowned, "So Your Majesty intends to allocate part of the Jinshi quota to students from the northern provinces?"

Song Xuan nodded, "Yes!"

"I object!" Song Lian said earnestly: "The imperial examination is the foundation of the empire, and it is an incomparably sacred thing. Anyone who gets on the list should get it by virtue of their talents!

Just because they are poor and suffering, you have to give up the Jinshi places to them?It's not fair! "

This old man is stubborn. In his eyes, the imperial examination is extremely sacred. Everything should be based on talent and examination results, not political compromise and regional protection!

Song Xuan didn't blame him, he knew that this stubborn old man couldn't accept it for a while.

Don't say that Song Lian couldn't accept it, even Song Xuan couldn't accept it before crossing, and he was aggrieved by it.

Why do you Beijing masters and Shanghai masters occupy nearly half of the country's educational resources, while the students in our populous province have to work hard to cross the single-plank bridge, and even if you rush out, you have to be ridiculed as a small town? Questioner?

(End of this chapter)