Alliance of the Heavens and Ming Dynasty

Chapter 191 The Disadvantages of the Imperial Examination
The content of the imperial examination is mainly based on the Four Books and Five Classics, which examines students' understanding of the contents of many classics.

The writing format must be the eight-legged essay format. There are strict regulations from breaking the topic, accepting the topic, and finally to the conclusion, so as to ensure that the handwriting is neat and clear.

It is not the most difficult thing to test the accumulation of knowledge in the chest. The most difficult part is the part of policy theory. This policy theory can not be written however you want, and you can write as much as you want, which is simply impossible.

The policy theory written by candidates must first cater to the theme. For example, the topic of the main examination this time is "The World". It will be brushed down during the round of marking.

Second, you must know how to figure out what you want. Some people's writing is not bad, but the meaning expressed does not conform to the opinion of the marking officer, and the personal selfishness of the marking officer has made them lose their reputation.

It is not easy to write such an extremely demanding article in order to meet the theme and cater to the ideal. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that thousands of troops cross a single-plank bridge in the imperial examination.

Those who can stand out among the countless students, be admitted to the gold list, and become famous all over the world are all ruthless people among ruthless people. Regardless of their own knowledge or the way of dealing with the world, they are all first-class existences.

The reason why the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were rampant was because they had already learned to figure out people's hearts and judge the situation before they entered the court!

After entering the officialdom, one only needs to go through the baptism and polishing of the officialdom atmosphere, and will soon transform into an old-fashioned officialdom fritters.

Everyone is drunk and I am sober, and everyone is turbid and I am alone. This is almost non-existent in Daming.

"Looking at how these students are writing vigorously, I can't help but feel a little itchy."

Together with Liang Chu, Wang Jia, Fei Hong and others to inspect the examination status of the candidates, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile lightly.

Liu Jin hastily flattered her: "The emperor is unparalleled in talent and learning. If you come to take the big exam, there will be no chance for the candidates to be famous. The title of champion will only fall into the emperor's pocket."

"what"

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly, he couldn't deny it, his family knew his own affairs, he learned from Li Dongyang, and his own knowledge was not bad, but it was limited to "not bad". If you want him to write lyrics, poems and essays, he doesn't know anything at all.

Compared with these candidates who have been studying scientific examinations for decades, they are not in the same rank. He came to take the imperial examination, which is no different from shame.

"Your Majesty is the lord of the Son of Heaven. If you come to participate in the scientific examination, all the students in the world will be restless."

Wang Jia said jokingly.

Fei Hong smiled and said, "Yes, there are countless students in the world, and who dares to compete with the emperor on the same stage."

"It's just a joke, why take it seriously."

Zhu Houzhao glanced over the candidates, and suddenly noticed a particularly weird candidate.

The other candidates were either writing hard, or thinking hard, but this one was different, lying on the examination table and sleeping soundly, as if there was no one else around.

"Who is this person?"

Zhu Houzhao's complexion was very ugly. Instead of taking the exam well, he fell asleep instead. How did this kind of candidates get in?

Seeing Zhu Houzhao pointing at that person, Liang Chu, Wang Jia, and Fei Hong's old faces suddenly became extremely strange, and they really didn't know what to say.

"The examinee's name is Zhu Bizhu, and he is a descendant of King Su."

After Liang Chu's introduction, Zhu Houzhao understood the origin of the candidate, and never expected that there was such a strange thing in the clan.

Zhu Bizhuo, a descendant of King Su's lineage, is a different kind of clan who doesn't like to eat and wait to die, but likes to wield knives and guns, and longs to be on the battlefield.

It's just that Zhu Houzhao was puzzled. Since he likes the battlefield, why would he come to take the imperial examination? Isn't this a waste of time!

Regarding Zhu Houzhao's question, Liang Chu gave an answer in time: "King Su hopes that he will show his face in front of His Majesty!"

That's it!

Zhu Houzhao understood everything. It was not a big secret that he was coming to the Tribute Academy to give lectures to the examinees. It was not difficult for King Su to know the news in advance and send Zhu Bizhao in. He wanted to attract his attention and pave the way for Zhu Bizhao.

After all, Su Wang's lineage has finally produced a self-motivated person, and he must be cultivated vigorously.

"After the big exam, bring him to see me."

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to pursue too much about how Su Wang arranged Zhu Bizhu into the examination room. When he met with the previous one, he could be trained if he could, and if he didn't have the value of training, he would let him go back and forth.

When he announced the abolition of all the privileges of the vassal king and asked the vassal king to hand over all the land, King Su was the first to stand up and respond. It's a lot of help, Zhu Houzhao should report something about this, and reciprocate.

Besides, it's just a meeting, so it won't delay him for too long.

"Yes."

Liang Chu responded.

Zhu Houzhao and the others continued to inspect the examination room, saw Yang Shen, Tang Yin, and Zhu Yunming.
I am more aware of the pros and cons of the imperial examinations in my heart. After cruel competition, the people selected are naturally excellent.

But this way of selecting talents will also lead to the loss of many special talents. Among these many candidates, Zhu Houzhao has found a few good special talents, but these people are not solid enough in knowledge. Things.

The imperial court needs political talents, but there are also various professional talents. The selection of talents in the imperial examination is too one-sided and must be rectified.

There is no need to keep stereotyped essays. Scholars all over the world, if they have time to study how to write stereotyped essays, it is better to read two more books.

After a round of inspections, Zhu Houzhao already had a general direction for the rectification of the imperial examination. Afterwards, he discussed with the officials to improve it, and then it can be implemented.

What he wants is not only political talents, but also talents in iron smelting, road construction, water conservancy, education, arms, etc., and this goal cannot be met by the current imperial examination system.

If it doesn’t work, just change it. Anyway, he has changed enough. The ancestral system, which is regarded as the golden rule by the officials, is just a fart in his eyes, and he doesn’t care about rectifying the imperial examination system.

With the establishment of the Sun Moon Academy and the reform of the imperial examination system, there will be more talents he can use in the future. At that time, he can even shout without hesitation, "All the talents in the world are in my hands!"

"All of them are good people."

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the candidates again, and suddenly had a bold idea in his heart
Because it was too crazy and unprecedented, Zhu Houzhao felt that he should think again, and did not say it on the spot, but temporarily pressed his thoughts, thinking about going back to Wang Yangming to discuss and discuss before making a decision.

"Ai Qing, I still have political affairs to deal with, so I leave this to you."

After casually explaining to Liang Chu, Zhu Houzhao took Liu Jin back to the palace, and couldn't wait to find Wang Yangming to help him refer to it and see if his idea was feasible.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)