Chapter 349 On the Fraout of the Imperial Examination

"The previous dynasty was mainly based on poetry, and everyone was writing lyrics and compositions. How can he know if he has the ability to govern the country and the people? At that time, Jinshi was often ridiculed as superficial. However, at that time, the imperial examination was only one of the ways to enter the official. The examination also had a recommended element, not only looking at the examination results. The so-called public list should include the candidates' usual reputation and public opinion as the basis of the list. In addition, although they relied on the materials of the imperial examination at that time, many people who participated in the imperial examination were the children of big families. The tutoring atmosphere makes them not unfamiliar with being an official in politics. Once admitted. It is relatively easy to devote yourself to the work of governing the country's people...

"Since the founding of Emperor Taizu, the ministers have been arguing about whether to take the imperial examination of poetry or the scriptures. Later, the scriptures were decided, and many rules were stipulated - originally for the sake of justice, those scholars with real talents and practical learning should be selected, but what is it actually? Not to mention that it didn't have the effect it should have, on the contrary, it made me guessing the questions, reciting the scriptures and writing eight strands. I really didn't turn the scholar into an scholar, but turned the scholar into a scholar! Your Majesty didn't go out to see those lifts. How many of them are white? The hard work of the eight-strand article in decades, the title of the gold list, the moral justice, the survival of the country, in his eyes, is not as important as fame and wealth! If the candidates who come out under this system are not stupid and stubborn and don't know how to be adaptable, they will lower their eyebrows and hold their breath, and only look forward to being an official. Is it really the talent your majesty wants?

Yunshang stopped and saw that Feng Zizhen frowned. She smiled gently, got up and held the pot, and brewed a cup of newly brewed plum wine for Feng Zizhen... Green apricot new plum is her favorite of wine. Your Majesty came to my lotus heart, and I didn't even serve a cup of tea. I'm really guilty! However, there is no one to serve in my lotus heart. Hot tea is hard to find, but there is a lot of wine. Now I have to use wine instead of tea. Please moisten your throat!"

Feng Ziqi was still immersed in her generous statement. She didn't pay attention to what Yunshang said. She just listened to a tea word and took it casually. She took it to her mouth, but did not drink it down. She muttered, "How could I not think about what Lou Qing said... Many scholars have studied for a lifetime, but after entering the university, they did not You are not qualified for the official position; what's more, if you hold power, you will be greedy! But my Dafeng Dynasty has always relied on the selection of materials for the imperial examination, and the scriptures have been passed down for hundreds of years. Is it possible to abolish the imperial examination? Or go back to the pre-school school and then take the poetry test? ...It's just that I really took the poetry test, but I'm afraid there will be another group of literati and poets selected!"

As he said this, he raised the cup in his hand... Probably there was no hot feeling between the tentacles. He actually drank it with some anger... Because of surprise, he was shocked and coughed... "It's actually wine!" Well, Lou Qing, you... you are really... cough... alcoholic..."

It's rare to see the emperor's appearance so embarrassed. Yunshang couldn't help but be happy. She hurried to Feng Zifeng's back and patted her back gently for him, and pleaded urgently... But she smiled so happily and watched the play. How could she be afraid at all?

Feng Ziqi's cough eased, turned around and grabbed Yunshang's hand, "Okay, Yunshang, hurt me like this. Let's see how I punish you!" With that, he pulled Yunshang into his arms and felt like itching... Yunshang smiled softly, struggled quickly, and shouted, "I told you it was wine... You didn't hear it..."

As soon as she said this, she realized that she was overdue, but now this person is the nominal and de facto supreme ruler of the Dafeng Dynasty... He quickly laughed, tried to break free from the other party's arms, and took a few steps to plead guilty.

Feng Ziqi's arms were empty, and he instantly understood the cause of the incident, and the smile gradually faded away. He only sighed and said, "I haven't made such a scene for many years."

"You can't always be like when you were a child." Yunshang has now returned to his natural look and raised his hand to tidy up his hair. "Your Majesty has always been different from others, and he has been criticized repeatedly. If I don't know how to advance or retreat, I'm afraid that the saliva of the courtiers will drown me."

Feng Ziqi stood up, reached out and pulled Yunshang's hairpin, and said, "Come and comb it for you. There is already a left and right criticism. What are you afraid of?"

Yunshang smiled and sat down and waited for the emperor to comb her hair. He said, "I have a few ideas about the shortcomings of this imperial examination, but I am not very mature and dare not make comments from all the officials at the court meeting."

Feng Zi's eyes lit up, gently straightened the dark hair in her hand, and slowly said, "Louqing, just say whatever you want."

Note: The imperial examination in ancient China began in the Sui Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination of poetry was changed from poetry to scriptures in the Song Dynasty, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties became eight strands. Scholar scholar" sighed in his later years after Wang Anshi reformed the imperial examination: "I wanted to become a scholar, not to become a scholar."

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Feng Zi's eyes lit up, gently straightened the dark hair in her hand, and slowly said: Tell me."

Yunshang was not in a hurry. He gently clasped his fingers on the small table in front of him and said with a smile, "It's just a little idea. Let's think about it again... Let's wait until your majesty helps the minister."

The hairpin on her head was pulled out, and the green silk was scattered like a waterfall. It grew over her waist, and it was very difficult to close it up. Feng Ziqi clumsily tied Yunshang's hair and tried to tie them into the white jade half-moon crown; but after all, he couldn't get used to it. After all, several efforts failed, and finally gave up.

"This half-month crown has been used for a long time, and the hairpin buckle is too slippery," he began to look for a reason. "And Lou Qing's hair is much longer than when he was young, and he can't get up alone."

"Since you can't afford it, why draw my hairpin?" Yunshang looked back with a slightly resentful tone, "And since you have drawn a hairpin, you should find a way to come out... If the hair crown is not easy to wear, then don't wear it; it's not okay to make up with a small bun that is often combed when you are young and a Confucian scarf."

It's rare to hear Yunshang speak in such a charming tone. Feng Ziqi's heart swings in her heart and hurriedly raises her eyes, but she is bumping into her black eyes as clear as a pool... Although the person in front of her is green and smiling lightly, there is a bright and bright moon in her eyes. How can there be any charm?

"Don't you wear a hair crown..." Feng Ziqi pondered for a long time, and then said, "Louqing, you can't walk in the court without wearing it... But if the hair crown is really not good, and if you do it occasionally in private, the little bunru scarf can also be dealt with."

The smile on Yunshang's lips became thicker and thicker, and she ignored her hair, and her eyes were like stars. Ding Ding stared at Feng Ziqi.

In fact, what kind of bun is used to wear a Confucian scarf? Even if Feng Zi is not used to these servants' work, is she afraid that she can't find someone who can comb her hair in this university? Besides, Yunshang also worked hard on the battlefield. Yingluo was not around, and she had never spread her hair by herself. What the two people said was not about this bundle of hair.

"When the imperial examination system was not so prosperous at the beginning, many officials in my dynasty were born as supervisors... Does Lou Qing mean, is it to revive the national prison?"

"Your Majesty." Yunshang immediately followed the pole, "The examination can only select talents, but not cultivate talents; discussing what the imperial examination is because your majesty wants to get the corresponding talents. However, from the current situation, what you get may not match what you want... And the exam only depends on the length of a day, which often leads to the loss of real talent. The people in this directory brought by Xiangchen have their own excellence. Presumably, your majesty will also appreciate the appointment after seeing it; however, I can guarantee that if I If you don't cheat for them, a large part of them can't even touch the end of the list... In this case, why doesn't Your Majesty revitalize the National Prison again in addition to the selection of talents in the imperial examination? How about cultivating talents to use by yourself?

Her words are clear and sumpy. It sounds very reasonable, but Feng Ziqi always feels a little ridiculous... It's a good idea to revitalize the National Supervision, but do the people in that list have their own excellence? I heard that as long as you come to rely on her these days, you will get more or less benefits... Many of them are indeed not even at the end of the list...

"Of course, it is good that the national prison can be revitalized, but in the early years of the founding of the Dafeng Dynasty, the status of supervisors was once extremely high, and now it has fallen to this point. There must be a reason. Isn't it reversing to re-improve the status of Guozijian? Feng Ziqi seemed to smile and was full of expectations to see how Yunshang dealt with it, and the solution to the problem of the imperial examination was secondary.

"Your Majesty said. At the beginning of the founding of the Dafeng Dynasty. The local supervisors who have been trained by the Guozijian have been trained from the fourth grade and the fifth grade. Yunshang sighed, "Later, the imperial examinations were flourishing, and the flow products were also detailed: Jinshi and the first name is Qingliu; from the supervisor to the official, from the recommendation to the official, from the official Dao. It's all turbid... These ways are more and more looked down upon, and then they gradually decline. In fact, I think that when it comes to being an official, I'm afraid that the new scholars still have to learn from these turbid streams!"

"But the turbidity has been divided, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to revive the national prison!" Feng Ziqi asked again, simply pulled the chair, sat down opposite Yunshang, and focused on waiting for Yunshang to answer.

"It's really difficult, and I don't have a good way." Unexpectedly, Yunshang replied with such a sentence.

The two people were silent.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult for Guozijian to find the glory of the Song Festival!" Yunshang muttered and sighed.

"In those years, the sacrificial wine of the Guozi prison was just a part-time job. Song Taishi's generation of Confucianism, and the students of the Guo Zijian didn't think that they could be proud of being able to come out of the door of the Song Taishi... Now we want to revive the Guozi prison, unless the new sacrificial wine can also have such a weight..." Feng Ziqi said this, suddenly stopped, and the peach blossom eyes turned, and his eyes stared at it burning. Yunshang, "I finally understand."