Cheng Yaojin felt very long today, and his three concubines sent him to Chongxian Pavilion and left Qin Lang's back door. He thought it would be nice to send one in, so he also used the title of the prince to accompany him to study and put them in gold, so that the concubines could also find a background in the future.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Jun, the old sixth brother, was silent and even ranked second in the second place and ranked eighth on the gold list.

Compared with Yuchi Gong, Hou Junji, Zhang Liang and other guys are not even stronger. Their family's cubs are not even on the list, and they are all called "That's the name" but they are not.

Old Cheng called Cheng Jun and deliberately asked him to take out the paper for him to show it. He was shaking loudly in front of the guys next to him.

"Do you understand?" Hou Junji was so angry that he was showing off.

"Old Cheng, I studied the Book of Filial Piety at the age of three and the Analects of Confucius at the age of seven. If it weren't for the Sui Wudao, I would have participated in the Boy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy

Wei Zheng was also happy that his son was named to the gold list.

"Your Majesty, I think the method of Mr. Qin's examination is no worse than the imperial examination in the imperial examination in the court, but I can learn from it one or two."

After Li Shimin and the students who were famous on the Golden List came back after giving the prize, each of them did not give much reward, just a set of four treasures in the study, plus twenty pieces of Yizhou jute paper, and then gave ten pieces of silk.

All these students have good family backgrounds and no one lacks this thing, but this is given by the emperor and their prize.

Just the certificates signed by Qin Lang, Li Gang, Kong Yingda, Chu Suiliang, Li Shimin and all the prime ministers are worthy of their pride for a long time and can be framed for show off at home.

"I think I can reform the Boy's Chronicle according to this!"

Since the Han Dynasty, there have been special selection and examinations for boys in all dynasties. Young and talented people have been regarded as boys. At that time, there were many prodigy, strange and saints in the Imperial College of the Han Dynasty.

During the Sui Dynasty, the imperial examination system was officially established, including Ming Jing, Jinshi and other subjects, as well as scholars and boys. It is stipulated that those who came from school were called students, those who gave the imperial examinations in prefectures and counties were called village tributes, and those who gave the imperial examinations in prefectures and counties were called town tributes, and those who were personally ordered to be called Zheng Ju. The Boy's examination is one of the most important subjects, and only children under the age of ten are allowed to participate. Those who were allowed to save the scriptures and understand the scriptures, and those who recite the Analects of Confucius were also allowed to write by themselves. Through the Boy's examination, those who were knowledgeable were given official backgrounds.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, although the imperial examinations were reopened, it was only the Chang'an, Mingjing, Mingfa and Mingsuan, and other subjects, including Jinshi, scholar, Junshi, and Tongzi, etc.

This kind of boy under the age of ten can obtain a birth, that is, the qualification to be an official is also quite impressive. It is also of some effect in the selection of talents in the court. Choosing excellent boys and then training them, and being appointed as officials in the future is equivalent to targeted training. On the other hand, it is also a way to obtain a birth for the children of noble officials and gentry.

It was just that the imperial court had created a new task, and even several regular exams had not yet officially started. The imperial examinations were held every year, but the impact was very small every year.

At this time, Wei Zheng's nomination was to reopen the Boy School according to the exam mode of Chongxian Pavilion, which made Li Shimin feel moved.

At this time, the imperial examination was only a small supplement. The imperial examination was taken every year, but the number of scholars was selected. Moreover, after the provincial examination, they had to pass the examination of the Ministry of Personnel before they could be awarded official positions. In fact, most of the candidates were children of aristocratic families, and the examination was more of a formality. For example, the Ming Jing subject was almost monopolized by the children of aristocratic families. Other poor children, military merits and aristocratic children did not have their advantages in family education, resources, etc., so they could not compete for it.

The Ming Fa and Ming Summary of Mingzi are actually selected as professionals, and most people don’t bother to take the exam.

There is only one Jinshi left, and I can’t get a few in a year.

In addition, in addition to the candidates being elected by students, local officials are mainly recommended by local officials, and the exam is not missed during the exam, which leads to the relatively casual process of exams and recruiting scholars. Even the examiners value the origin and fame of scholars, but are less likely to be less than the exam results. Some even after the exam, some noble children force the top scorers and force the top scorers to be changed.

In general, the imperial examinations were not valued at this time.

Li Shimin did not pay attention to it before because he felt that the imperial examination did not follow the original intention of its establishment. Now it has become a way to seize the origin of the aristocratic family headed by the five surnames and seven families, and even abolished them.

But now when Wei Zheng reminded him, Li Shimin felt that, yes, Qin Lang’s exam was good, that beggar-born Li Cunxiao could pass the second place, and Cheng Jun, a concubine of the Cheng family, could also surpass many prime ministers and sons to enter the second place. All these show that this exam is relatively fair and just.

Then if you expand the scope of the exam yourself, wouldn’t it be possible to break the dilemma of becoming a descendant of the children of the great gentry in recent years?

"Sanlang, what do you think Xuancheng's proposal?"

Qin Lang held this midterm exam because he was the head of Chongxian Hall. This is the teacher's magic weapon. But now the emperor has transferred to the national imperial examination and has to be cautious.

"Your Majesty, I think that boys under ten years old can obtain official positions or qualifications by just one or two scriptures. This is a bit hasty, and may become a lucky path. It is easy to kill these people's real path to becoming talented. However, it is still possible to select some excellent boys and focus on cultivating them."

"Chongxian Pavilion is willing to add classes to collect the selected boys."

"I'm afraid it will be a lucky road. Huailiang's words make sense. I think they are good. Select outstanding boys to be born in Chongxian Pavilion and focus on cultivating them."

Li Shimin said to Qin Lang, "I will reopen the Boy Certificate next year and allow local people to recommend children under ten years old to participate in the exam. The outstanding ones will be sent to Chang'an for the exam. I will entrust you to be the tribute examination."

Li Shimin simply asked Qin Lang to be the chief examiner of next year's imperial examination, not only presided over the Boys' examination, but also presided over the other subjects.

"If you take out a charter, if you have any good suggestions for improvement for other subjects, you can also submit it to me and submit it to me and the Prime Minister to discuss with the political parties."

"Your Majesty, I am afraid that the tribute is not suitable?"

Qin Lang thought that he was the chief examiner of the imperial examination after all, so he could have been appointed as a great scholar like Li Gang, Kong Yingda, or a prime minister like Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui. Who knew that the imperial examination at this time had an average status, not to mention that it could not be compared with the imperial examinations during the Ming and Qing dynasties, but even in the middle and late Tang dynasties.

"You are the only one, think about it carefully." Li Shimin thought Qin Lang might be able to surprise him, and maybe this guy could come up with some good way to save the imperial examination that he felt was useless with reform.

"Your Majesty, I think of a suggestion now, that is, next spring, the county boy exam will be held in counties across the country. The child exam will be divided into two. The first one is a pre-examination. As long as you can be innocent, under ten years old, and be able to recite the Book of Filial Piety and ten articles of the Analects of Confucius, you can pass the pre-examination of the county boy exam. Those who pass the second exam are required to be able to pass one of the nine classics and pass the posting and ink-like exams.

After passing, you can select Chang'an to participate in the provincial examination. You can finally select two or three hundred of the best people, all of them will be included in the Chongxian Pavilion, or half will be included in the Chongxian Pavilion, and half will be included in the Imperial College!"

Li Shimin suddenly realized that the key point of Qin Lang's suggestion was that the county boy test was not required, and there was no need for recommendations from local prefectures and county officials.

As long as you have a pure wealth, you can directly obtain the county examination qualification, which means that it can break the extremely important link in the imperial examination since the Sui Dynasty. Candidates are no longer monopolized by the powerful and noble gentry. In the past, most of the recommended candidates were children of noble gentry and powerful gentry, and there were very few children of truly poor landlords.

Officials have the right to recommend, which is no different from the nine-rank Zhongzheng system in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Naturally, they give priority to recommending children of the gentry.

But now Qin Lang said that his wealth is innocent and that he can take the exam directly if he is under ten years old, and the officials have no right to interfere.

The pain foot, which has always been influential in the imperial examination, has been found.

The boy test in this county is also very good. It is held directly in each county. If you pass, you will go to Chang'an to take the provincial test directly, which can ensure that it is affected by local governments and officials.

He even thought about whether the Ming Jing, Jinshi and other subjects had adopted this method.

At this time, there was no examination for regular subjects such as Ming Jing and Jinshi. They were only recommended by officials to tribute the township, or elected students from prefectures and counties to Beijing and the provincial examination. They were all candidates directly decided by officials to refer to.

what does that mean?

It means that even if the emperor reforms the examination content and admission methods of the provincial examination, he still chooses among the people recommended by local officials, and there are no other candidates.

"Can the Ming Jing, Jinshi and other subjects also hold county examinations in local areas like this?" Li Shimin asked.

He has always been very wary of the gentry, but he had to use it. It was just that the current imperial examination system made Li Shimin feel that he had no room to choose a scholar.

"Your Majesty, Ming Jing, Jinshi and other common subjects have a wide range of objects. I think you can take the county exam in spring, the prefecture exam in summer, and the winter exam in Chang'an Province. The scope of the exam is like a child. As long as you are innocent, you can participate. At the county level, the examination content is a little simpler, and it is used to eliminate the primary election, and then the prefecture exam is a little stricter to control the scholars who have been selected to Chang'an to be excellent."

Li Shimin said with some concern, "But in this way, who will preside over the county and state trials?"

He didn't want the prefecture and county officials to obtain the right to select the chief examiner.

"The Ministry of Rites can send examiners to various places to preside over the second-level examinations of prefectures and counties, and be responsible for inspecting the school management of official schools, private schools and other schools in the prefectures."

The power of the chief examiner is not delegated to local officials in prefectures and counties, which means avoiding being influenced by local gentry and powerful people. At the same time, it is equivalent to taking back the qualification rights of the imperial examination candidates to the hands of the imperial court.

"More than 300 states in the world..." Li Shimin frowned, this was another difficult problem.

Wei Zheng interrupted, "During the previous dynasty, Yang Guang implemented the county system, with more than 190 counties and more than 1,000 counties in the world. Yang Guang once set up a Si Litai, established 14 governors, and inspected counties across the country. Now the court can draw out more than ten roads according to the shape of mountains and rivers in the world, and send out a chief examiner to the main examination. For example, Guanzhong, Longyou, Henan, Shandong, etc...."

This made Li Shimin's eyes lit up. Guanlong, Henan and other places are unique geographical terms, and they are used to divide the roads and then send officials from the Ministry of Rites to take the lead in the exam. There is no need to worry about the problem of being difficult to take the lead in more than 300 states in the world.

"There are various subjects in the regular subjects, and then the re-examination is changed to the Dao exam, which is collected in one state..."

Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji also joined the discussion.
Chapter completed!