Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 240 Final Interpretation
Prince's residence.

Su Chen put his cheek into the basin of water, and the cold touch made his mind unusually clear.

Wow.

When he raised his head, a lot of water drops fell from his face.

After wiping his cheek, Su Chen gave some instructions to Sun Qiang and entered the ear room.

The Kong family, the Lu family, the Cui family...

The names of various families flashed through Su Chen's mind, and then Su Chen opened his notebook.

One minute, two minutes.

Thump thump thump thump.

Su Chen raised the corner of his mouth slightly. That’s why they say that copycat phones are so cool!
Super long standby, worth having.

Outside the prince's residence, a carriage slowly stopped.

Li Chengqian happily took Yu Zhining and the other person out of the car.

"See His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Is Su Chen at home?"

"Your Highness, the young master is at home."

Li Chengqian nodded and walked in with Yu Zhining and the other two. "Su Chen, I'm here to see you."

Hearing the noise, Sun Qiang walked out quickly, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, my Lords."

Li Chengqian looked around, "Didn't they say Su Chen was at home? Why can't I see him?"

Sun Qiang smiled and said, "Your Highness, the young master is thinking about it and has already instructed his subordinates that if anyone comes to visit, please stay in the main hall for a while."

"think?"

Li Chengqian looked surprised and glanced at Yu Zhining and the others, who were also extremely curious.

"Thinking about what?"

"I don't know."

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "That's right. His ideas are so wild and unrestrained. How can ordinary people keep up with him?"

"Go prepare some tea. We'll wait for him in the main hall."

"Yes!"

Sun Qiang nodded, took Li Chengqian and the other two to sit down, ordered someone to serve tea, then apologized and went to inform Su Chen.

Arriving outside the ear room, Sun Qiang knocked on the door gently.

"What's the matter?"

"Sir, the prince is bringing you, Lord Du is here."

"understood."

Su Chen looked at some information on the computer, then turned it off and threw it on the back seat.

He locked the car, opened the door, then locked it again, and took Sun Qiang to the main hall.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness, the two lords."

"I just heard that Master Su was thinking. I wonder what he was thinking about?"

Du Zhenglun looked at Su Chen with curiosity and was the first to ask the questions in the three people's minds.

Su Chen said seriously: "I am thinking about the future of Datang."

ha?
Li Chengqian and the other two looked strange.

This proposition was too big, and they didn't know how to respond for a moment.

It was Li Chengqian who smiled first and asked, "So how are you thinking about this?"

Su Chen: "The imperial examination is the way out for the future of the Tang Dynasty."

"Imperial examination?"

Li Chengqian looked puzzled. "The imperial examination has been in existence since the Wude period, but there has been no effective system..."

“So this should be promoted!”

Su Chen said in a deep voice: "Talents do not have to be specially recommended by ministers or prefecture and county governors, but should be selected uniformly instead."

"This corresponds to the enlightenment plan we proposed earlier."

"The imperial examination has been held since the fifth year of Wude. How many special examinations have been held so far? How many talents have been provided to the court?"

"Because most of the talents who participated in the imperial examinations were specially recommended by ministers and county officials, this has greatly weakened the desire of ordinary people to participate in the imperial examinations."

Li Chengqian and the other two frowned in thought.

Su Chen continued, "Among those who submit their applications to the residences of ministers or officials, or governors of prefectures and counties, how many of them are from ordinary families?"

This was just like a video Su Chen had seen before.

Donate 10 billion in scholarships to top foreign universities for students to study abroad.

But the problem is coming.

Do students who really need scholarships really have the ability to study abroad?

Obviously impossible!
The powerful help the powerful, and the rich help the rich!
Few people are willing to waste their time, money and energy on ordinary people!

They pay more attention to the background behind each other!
Yu Zhining said slowly: "You mean that the selection of talents for the imperial examination was wrong from the beginning."

"It is precisely because these people submitted their papers to the residences of the ministers that all those who were able to participate in the imperial examinations were people they recognized or cared about?"

"Not bad!"

Su Chen nodded, "Master Yu, if a poor scholar from a remote village came to your house with his own articles and asked to meet you, would he?"

Yu Zhining: "Of course I will meet him. If the article is not good, I will not take it to heart."

Su Chen smiled and said, "What if your second uncle's brother holds a piece of waste paper?"

Yu Zhining frowned: "Brother Su, I understand what you mean, but your words are a bit disgusting."

Su Chen laughed, "Don't blame me, sir. I was just making a metaphor."

"One is a relative with connections and connections, one is a son of a wealthy family with status and background, and the other is a poor scholar from a remote village."

"When these three are standing outside the palace gate, I would like to ask, if it were the ministers, who would they see first?"

"relative!"

Li Chengqian and the other two said in unison.

Snapped.

Su Chen snapped his fingers, "This is the problem I was talking about."

Du Zhenglun smiled and clapped his hands, "Great, great."

"Mr. Su, it seems that you have really found a way out after thinking about it this time."

"Once this matter is sent out from the court to all places, coupled with the enlightenment plan you proposed through the Crown Prince, if it succeeds, I'm afraid all the major families will be asking after you day and night."

Su Chen spread his hands and said, "I'm very sad now."

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "I see that you are quite comfortable, and you are going to marry the daughter of the Lu family."

Su Chen: "It's not easy to be a grandson."

"Hahaha……"

Li Chengqian and the other two couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Yu Zhining restrained his smile and said slowly: "This is feasible, but the premise is how do you solve this crisis?"

Su Chen: "I have collected some abandoned pieces, maybe they will come in handy."

"Abandoned son?"

"That's right!" Su Chen nodded and explained, "The Kong family, Lu family, and others have successively recruited a group of gifted child prodigies from the people. Since there are child prodigies, there must be abandoned children."

"The unsuccessful prodigy?"

Li Chengqian frowned, "What's the use?"

Su Chen said with a smile: "Although they were not selected, the fact that they were selected by them is enough to prove the ability of these abandoned children. If they study hard, can they really not be better than those so-called child prodigies?"

It turned out to be the case.

Yu Zhining and the other man immediately understood.

but.

"Those child prodigies may have already come into contact with the teachers arranged by their respective families..."

"You underestimate the power of Pinyin."

Su Chen smiled and shook his head. "It is not only a tool that allows people to quickly recognize words, but also the basis for systematic learning."

For enlightenment students, the competition is not about the interpretation of Confucian classics or the examination of poetry and prose, but about laying a solid foundation!

"A towering building rises from the ground!"

"Could it be that the two adults are going to face a group of children under the age of ten and test them to see if they understand what it means to seek to emulate a virtuous person and to reflect on oneself when seeing an unvirtuous person?"

"The way of the university is to manifest the bright virtue, to be close to the people, and to stop at the highest good."

"Uh……"

Yu Zhining and the other person looked at each other, and then couldn't help laughing.

Li Chengqian pondered and said, "That's true, but what if they are too picky?"

Su Chen said meaningfully: "Your Highness, this enlightenment plan was proposed by you. Why did you come up with this enlightenment plan?"

Li Chengqian: "Of course, it is to allow all students of school age to study!"

Su Chen: "So, the final right of interpretation is in your hands. Whatever you say is what it is, isn't it?"

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed, "That makes sense, that makes sense."

"As for the child prodigy they found, what's the use of that? The Tang Dynasty doesn't just have those child prodigies, there are more students with average qualifications!"

Su Chen smiled and nodded, "Everything we do is for the future of Datang."

Li Chengqian: "That's exactly right!"

……

Shannan Road.

Lu Fei looked at the dozen or so students in front of him in astonishment, and then turned to look at Cen Wenzhao.

"Who are these children?"

"Yes, abandonment."

Cen Wenzhao said with a smile, "They were all selected and sent over, and then rejected."

"no……"

Lu Fei scratched his head, feeling a bit overwhelmed. "How did you get a pinyin book for elementary education?"

Cen Wenzhao looked surprised, "Is this hard to get?"

Lu Fei: "Is it easy?"

Cen Wenzhao: "Since Cui Junsu and his team enrolled 500 students and started teaching, these books have been circulated."

Lu Fei: "Then where did you find the teachers? How do they know these things?"

Cen Wenzhao grinned, "Is this difficult?"

Lu Fei had a blank expression on his face.

Cen Wenzhao smiled and patted Lu Fei's shoulder. "Forget it, I won't tease you anymore. You'll know it later."

As the class was over, the teacher came to Cen Wenzhao with a smile on his face.

"Second Master, how do you think the teaching is today?"

The teacher is not very old and should be a scholar full of ideals and ambitions. He would not be too respectful to someone like Cen Wenzhao.

But when he saw Cen Wenzhao's next move, Lu Fei understood.

Cen Wenzhao nodded with a smile, "Very good, Mr. Liu."

"Sun Meng."

Sun Meng, who was following behind him, smiled and took out a brocade gift box, which contained a thousand-year-old ginseng.

Sun Meng smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, Second Master spent countless energy and money to find this old mountain ginseng for your mother's illness."

"Thank you, Master!"

Mr. Liu was overjoyed.

Sun Meng handed over the ginseng with a smile, and at the same time took out a purse full of money, "Mr. Liu, please keep it."

"Second Master, what is this?"

"Your mother is bedridden. Although we have thousand-year-old ginseng to save her life, she will still need many other medicinal herbs to help her."

Cen Wenzhao said with a smile: "I have already found the main herb for you. You can buy the other herbs at the herb shop. The silver here is enough to ensure your mother's health."

"Too many, Master."

Mr. Liu was very grateful.

Cen Wenzhao waved his hand and said, "Mr. Liu, I am attracted to you not because you were the first to learn pinyin, but because of your character!"

"The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water. It is nothing but some material possessions. How can it compare to the friendship between you and me?"

"Thank you!"

Mr. Liu bowed deeply.

Cen Wenzhao smiled and helped him up, "Go back quickly, if you are late your aunt will be worried."

Mr. Liu nodded heavily, then bowed and left.

Cen Wenzhao turned his head to look at Lu Fei, "Do you understand now?"

Lu Fei gave a thumbs up, "You really are a money-spending boy."

"Hahaha……"

Cen Wenzhao laughed and said, "Why waste time and effort on something that can be settled with money?"

Lu Fei nodded, "I need to report this matter back to you, sir."

"No need."

Cen Wenzhao waved his hand, pulled Lu Fei and said, "I sent a pigeon to my brother a letter a few days ago. He will inform Su Chen."

"I have ordered people to prepare a welcoming banquet for you. Now is the time to go and have a drink."

"Then they..."

Lu Fei looked at the students who were leaving one by one.

Cen Wenzhao: "Someone will send him back. In two days, he will be able to go to Chang'an City with you."

"This is a surprise for him."

ps: According to the 6th volume of Tongdian by Du You of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Yangdi "established two categories, Mingjing and Jinshi", but no number one scholar was found in the Sui Dynasty. Only in the documents of the Tang and Five Dynasties were there six people named Jinshi of the Sui Dynasty, including Fang Xuanling, Wen Yanbo, Hou Junsu, Sun Fujia, Zhang Sunzhi, and Yang Zuan.

Secondly: "In the fourth year of Wude, the two categories of scholar and jinshi were re-established." It is recognized that the first number one scholar in the Tang Dynasty was Sun Fujia.

The most famous one among the papers submitted was "A recent exam to Zhang Shuibu" written by Zhu Qingyu, a candidate from Jianjiang. "The red candles were lit in the bridal chamber last night. I waited until dawn to pay respects to my uncle and aunt in the hall. After putting on my makeup, I heard my husband whisper. Are the depth of my eyebrows in fashion?"

This is just personal information, no guarantee of authenticity.

(End of this chapter)