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Chapter 973 Zhao Xu's Heirloom
When Zhao Xu saw the expressions of Zhang Heng and Fan Bailu, he naturally knew that it would be impossible for him to succeed in improving the status of the Ming Suan and Ming Fa subjects in the imperial examination now!

Because it does not have support from the government and the opposition.

If it is forcibly raised, it may cause political division!

but……

He still keeps trying!
Because just because the court officials oppose it today doesn’t mean they will oppose it in the future.

As long as you mention it a few more times, you will become desensitized sooner or later.

Smart people will also start preparing for the future.

At the same time, this can also be considered a kind of window opening.

So, after pondering for a moment, Zhao Xu chuckled and said to Zhang Heng: "Mr. Zhang, please continue!"

"Yes!" Zhang Heng bowed and went on to introduce the further relaxation of the imperial examination system for royal family members and their relatives during the previous emperor's period.

"In the second year of Xining, the late emperor approved the two ministries to discuss the issue. As the royal family had been multiplying for a hundred years, and the treatment of relatives and strangers had not declined, he proposed to use the method of lock-in hall examination and separate examination to test the talents of the royal family, with a limit of 50 people per year. In order to prevent the poor from taking advantage of the royal family and depriving them of their fame, all royal family members who took the exam should voluntarily provide their royal family certificates, and from then on, they would not be given official positions under different names! When the late emperor heard the proposal, he thought it was a great idea and issued an order to the officials to implement it."

Zhao Xu listened and smiled, clapping his hands in praise: "The emperor is a saint, and he has extended his favor to my relatives. I shall certainly accept it!"

As the greatest filial son throughout history.

Zhao Xu has always maintained the same attitude towards the policies of his father - praise the good and conceal the evil.

Don’t ask, the answer is he is a filial son!

When your Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Annals, he always concealed the words of the emperor and the respected people.

I follow the way of the saints, respecting the elders and loving my relatives. What's wrong with that?

Therefore, the history books were directly used to whitewash all the evil policies during the Yuanfeng period that squeezed the peasants and merchants dry, making it seem like the emperor had good intentions, but the people below him (Wu Juhou, Wang Zijing, Jian Zhoufu, etc.) had failed to implement them.

Inadvertently, it achieved the effect of beautifying the reform, especially the reform presided over by Wang Anshi.

The people of the old party dared not even utter a word of complaint.

Naturally, the late emperor liberated the royal family and gave them the freedom to choose whether to be parasites or to go out and struggle.

Zhao Xu wished he could raise all four of his limbs for support.

Because, in modern times, he had seen the consequences of the royal family raising pigs in the Ming Dynasty - historical records show that there were even cases of royal family members committing crimes intentionally and even rebelling in the Ming Dynasty!
As he spoke, Zhao Xu said, "The Emperor extended his favor to the royal family and granted them fifty bonuses..."

"Now that the imperial court has decided to increase the number of Jinshi candidates in the law and mathematics subjects..."

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Wang, Mr. Fan..." Zhao Xu looked at the three examiners in front of him and said, "Can we also follow the example of the Emperor's test and increase the number of candidates for the imperial clan in the Ming Dynasty mathematics and Ming Dynasty law exams?"

"Say, twenty, fifty or so..."

The three of them listened and looked at each other in confusion.

According to the system of the Song Dynasty, the number of candidates to be admitted was linked to the number of Jinshi candidates who were finally admitted.

Generally speaking, before the Zhen Temple, one out of ten is taken, and after the Ren Temple, it becomes two out of ten.

The same is generally true for the corresponding Ming law and Ming mathematics subjects.

In the past, the prospects for successful candidates in the law and mathematics subjects were limited.

Only a very few lucky ones who hold on to the golden thigh or catch up with the trend of the times have the opportunity to break free from the shackles.

Therefore, in fact, those who passed the Ming Dynasty mathematics and Ming Dynasty law examinations were not taken seriously, let alone those who passed the imperial examinations, even if they were Jinshi.

But now, Emperor Zhao Xu seems determined to improve the status of Jinshi in Mingfa and Mingsuan.

Therefore, even when Wang Anshi opened a school in Jiangning, he promoted the idea of ​​"focusing on the study of law, mathematics and other practical matters".

Now, the government has set its sights on Xie E'e, a member of the royal family.

This is a real determination to increase the number and status of Jinshi admitted in the law and mathematics subjects!
wrong!

The three of them reacted at the same time!

When it comes to studying, the royal family members and their descendants really can't catch up with the scholars who study hard in the cold and cold classroom.

Therefore, after the second year of Xining, the late emperor granted fifty special quotas to the royal family.

However, judging from the results of the imperial examinations from the second year of Xining to the present, only one imperial clan candidate eventually defeated other competitors in the examination hall of the Imperial Academy and obtained a Jinshi title recognized by the world (Zhao Lingshuo).

It can be said that the increase in the number of candidates admitted by the previous emperor ultimately benefited other scholars - they picked up ten additional Jinshi quotas for free.

But, the law and mathematics subjects are different.

So... the government is deliberately trying to provide benefits to the royal family?

If you think about it carefully, it is really possible.

Because, although the royal family members may not have any talent in mathematics and law.

However, compared to the field of classics, which they are not good at at all, they are completely crushed by the world's most talented people.

Undoubtedly, mathematics and law have more prospects.

After all, in the Ming Dynasty mathematics and Ming Dynasty law, the royal family and the scholars were actually brought to the same level. In fact, it is very likely that the royal family has more advantages than the scholars in this regard!

Because, for the past hundred years, the side branches of the royal family have been marrying their daughters to ordinary merchants.

As a result, now when the wealthy merchant families in the city of Bianliang offer sacrifices to their ancestors every year, the ancestral halls are filled with kneeling officials.

As the saying goes, those who are close to vermillion are red and those who are close to ink are black.

Since the royal family members were so close to the merchants, they were naturally influenced by their habits.

He is very calculating and shrewd.

Many people cannot concentrate on reading.

But when it comes to using an abacus and studying loopholes in the system and laws, they are all very smart!

Thinking of this, the expressions of Zhang Heng and others changed.

They all bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

The truth is, they can't afford to offend the royal family of the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, to be honest, reducing the number of royal family members is a national policy.

After all, the three redundancies of the Song Dynasty were well known to everyone.

It is an indisputable fact that the royal family is multiplying and increasing, and the burden on the court is becoming heavier.

Therefore, encouraging clan members to voluntarily provide clan certificates and support themselves has been a policy since the beginning of the Renmiao Temple.

But the results are limited.

Only those who cannot even support themselves because their parents did not work hard are willing to choose this path.

There was no other way, so when the Xining Reform was carried out, Wang Anshi simply removed a large number of royal family members except the five degrees of mourning from the clan register.

However, the backlash from his actions was enormous.

It is said that the direct participants in the Xuande Gate Incident that year included clan members who were expelled from the clan by Wang Anshi.

Therefore, whenever possible, the imperial court was actually willing to allow the royal family members to voluntarily leave the clan membership.

In the second year of Xining, the late emperor asked the two governments to discuss the method of imperial examinations for royal family members, which was an attempt.

Its significance does not lie in how many people can pass the imperial examination.

Rather, it is about how many people are willing to go to the Zongzheng Temple to apply for a voluntary clan certificate and give up their clan name and official status.

However, since the Xining period, the royal family's children could not be said to have won a complete victory in the imperial examinations, but only to have suffered a complete defeat - in the past 19 years, only one person, Zhao Lingshuo, passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi.

How can this not make those who come later feel disheartened?
Therefore, the number of participants in the imperial examinations since Yuanfeng was very small.

In the eighth year of Yuanfeng's imperial examination, there were almost not even fifty people!
In the end, it was the Grand Master who got angry, and each family barely managed to gather a hundred people to take part in the royal family examination that year.

Therefore, let the royal family members go and learn the laws and calculations.

It can be considered a road!

At least, it's better than staying at home every day doing nothing but eating, drinking, having fun and making babies!

Zhao Xu laughed and said, "Since you all agree, let's add this item to the proposal of the Imperial Examination Hall!"

"promise!"

"Hmm..." Zhao Xu nodded, and then said: "If that's the case, then we should also increase the number of professors of mathematics and law in the sect!"

As he spoke, he picked up a pen, found a piece of paper and started writing on it. As he wrote, he said, "For this matter, it would be better to trouble a relative to submit a letter to the court for suggestions!"

"The three great uncles... are not appropriate..."

"Let's choose the role model of the imperial clan scholar, Guanglu Shaoqing Lingsuo!"

As the only genuine imperial clan Jinshi so far, he is the most learned child of the Zhao family.

Both Zhao Xu's father and Zhao Xu praised him as a role model.

Over the past decade or so, he has been promoted continuously and has been given higher titles, until now, Zhao Lingshuo has been appointed as the Shaoqing of Guanglu.

At the same time, his father and brothers also received many favors from the emperor.

His father, Zhao Shixiong, was specially promoted by Zhao Xu to be the governor of Yongzhou this year.

Naturally, this character is actually Zhao Xu's heirloom.

He would be sent to take the lead in matters concerning the treatment of royal family members and reforms.

This time is no exception.

Zhao Xu wrote down the order, stamped it with his own seal, and handed it to Tong Guan, who was standing beside him, and asked him, "Give this letter to Ling Suo!"

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)