The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 787 I Want a Fusu

Luoyang, Imperial College.

Yang Zong sat in the upper seat and looked at the people in front of him.

The celebrities all showed some dissatisfaction to a greater or lesser extent.

They really couldn't understand what qualifications Yang Zong had to sit here?
Yang Zong was certainly well-known, but this fame was not based on his academic achievements. What were his achievements and accomplishments in the study of classics?

How could he become the Supervisor of Academic Affairs and be responsible for all academic affairs in the world?

He himself doesn't understand the classics!
Yang Zong narrowed his eyes. He knew exactly what everyone was thinking.

The officials of the Imperial College were ranked, and the teachers were all on a fixed basis. The Imperial College Chief Academic Officer was of the fourth rank, he had a subordinate chancellor of the sixth rank, and there was a chief clerk who held the seal of the seventh rank.

There are doctors, fifth rank, doctors of the Five Classics, fifth rank, and assistant teachers, sixth rank, and some of them are direct lecturers.

Don’t think that these fifth and sixth grades are low.

You know, the Shangshu Ling is only a third-rank official!

The prime minister, the three highest officials, the grand marshal, the general and the like are of the first rank.

Among the Nine Ministers, only the second rank is held, and among the military generals, there are General of the Cavalry, General of the Chariots and Cavalry, General of the Guards, etc.

The Shangshu Ling, Shizhong, and Zhongshu Ling are basically all of the third rank.

The local governor was a fifth-rank official.

In other words, if you want to enter the Imperial College without taking the entrance exam, your father must be at least a prefect.
As for counties, the magistrate of a county is generally of the sixth rank, the county magistrate is generally of the seventh rank, and the county head is generally of the eighth rank.

This is because county towns are different from each other and are divided according to the population within the county. For example, a county mayor is appointed for a county with less than 10,000 households, and a county magistrate is appointed for a county with more than 10,000 households. If it is a super large county with 30,000 or 40,000 households, then the county magistrate will be appointed.

Yang Zong, the Imperial College Supervisor, was also a fourth-rank official.

But as a fourth-rank official, he can directly manage the chief academic officer of the Imperial Academy.

Because rank cannot determine everything, for example, if a second-rank official of the Nine Ministers stood in front of a third-rank Shangshu Ling or Shizhong, would he dare to point fingers at them?

It mainly depends on the responsibilities, especially in the supervisory department. The Chief Censor is only of the fifth rank. Just see if those of the fourth rank dare to act arrogantly in front of him.

Therefore, even Kong Chao, the chief academic officer of the Imperial Academy, did not dare to be rude to Yang Zong.

They are at the same level, but one is crushed in terms of authority.

Yang Zong spoke at this moment, "I am here to read out the decree. I am sure you have all heard that many of the previous admissions policies will be abolished."

Yang Zong grinned.

At this moment, many doctors and teaching assistants started discussing.

They were not afraid of being heard by Yang Zong at all.

Almost all of them complained that these policies went against the original intention of establishing the Imperial College.

What was the original intention of establishing the Imperial College?

The original intentions of the Han Dynasty were not very clear, but the original intention of Cao Wei was very clear, which was to make things convenient for the children of the wealthy families.

With the Imperial Academy, those from prominent families no longer had to wait for the Zhongzheng exam. They could directly enroll and then graduate as Lang, all in one step.

As for the poor and the common people, let's put it this way, starting from the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the division between the nobles and the poor became increasingly obvious, and there were some subjects that could only be studied if the father's rank was high enough.

Even the doctoral students who taught aristocratic disciples were of the fifth rank, while the doctoral students who taught poor students became of the sixth rank. In terms of enrollment, majors, employment and other issues, they absolutely favored the wealthy families and absolutely excluded the common people.

People from poor families don’t even have the qualifications to take the Five Classics examination!

There was no such saying in the Han Dynasty. Both Han Dynasty encouraged the examination of the Five Classics, and anyone with knowledge could participate. However, in Cao Wei, those below the fifth rank were not allowed to take the graduation examination.

That’s right, it has reached such an outrageous level. Even compared with the later Jin Dynasty, it is still pretty good!

At least Wei did not restrict disciplines. From the Jin Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, people without a good background could only study law, calligraphy, and mathematics. As for classics and the like, don't even think about it.

Therefore, when Cao Mao abolished many privileges, the doctors were very dissatisfied.

Can common people and people from poor families understand something like the classics?
Of course, not everyone is after this kind of privilege. Some people also feel that if the privilege is interrupted, the children of these wealthy families will seize the upward space for those from poor families.

If the poor families compete with the big families, they will naturally suffer.

But Yang Zong didn't think so.

The proportion of children from wealthy families among the scholars is very large, but this still depends on the number of scholars. If the number of scholars increases, the proportion of children from wealthy families will decrease and eventually be defeated.

Before that, we must first break the academic monopoly and allow more people from poor families or even ordinary people to study.

Of course, these people have to have enough food to eat first. If they can’t even fill their stomachs, why should they read?
It can be seen that Cao Mao was still confident in his governance.

Yang Zong just listened to everyone's discussions and was not angry at all.

He smiled and said, "So that's what you all think."

Seeing the smile on Yang Zong's face, the celebrities started talking even louder.

Kong Chao sat aside, looking at the smile on Yang Zong's face, and always felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Yang Zong was a counselor who came from the war period, and he was different from these famous scholars.

Yang Zong smiled and looked at the soldiers behind him, and asked, "Have you written everything down?"

The soldier nodded, "I've remembered it all."

"Okay, these are the people. Take them out and remove them from their positions." Yang Zong gave an order, and soldiers came forward, grabbed the doctors who had talked the loudest, and pushed them out the door.

For a moment, everyone was extremely quiet, and no one even dared to speak loudly.

Only the celebrities who were arrested looked the most excited, and they started shouting loudly.

"Yang Zong?! What do you want to do?!"

"You are against the policies of the imperial court and against His Majesty. How can the Imperial Academy allow you to stay?"

Yang Zong waved his hand and the soldiers dragged them out directly.

There were many famous people among these people, and at this moment they were shouting insults at Yang Zong.

But Yang Zong didn't care at all.

Kong Chao couldn't help but say, "Mr. Yang, they are all famous scholars. If they are humiliated like this, I'm afraid something big will happen."

"Something big? That's great. The South is in need of people to govern, and they need people with knowledge like this. It would be best if they could get a few more people to come and cause trouble together."

Although Yang Zong had a smile on his face, his eyes were full of indifference.

How ridiculous.

In Yang Zong's eyes, these celebrities were no different from insects.

Does the government today still need to be afraid of these celebrities?

Even the big families have to bow to the government, so why do these celebrities dare to clamor?

Anyone who dares to gather disciples and students to cause trouble will be sent south together tomorrow.

He really can't see his own position clearly.

Yang Zong felt that His Majesty had been too indulgent towards these celebrities, and that these people had opposed His Majesty openly or secretly more than once or twice.

To condone it to this extent and still dare to talk about it like this is really short-sighted.

Yang Zong felt that he needed to make them open their eyes.

Sure enough, under Yang Zong's gaze, these people suddenly became quiet, and no one dared to stand up and speak for those people.

Yang Zong nodded and stated the following requirements.

The future admissions system has been formulated by Yang Zong.

In the future, students will be admitted in autumn and spring, and both the Imperial Academy and the National Academy require students to pass examinations before continuing their studies, with the Imperial Academy in spring and the National Academy in autumn.

The examination contents used for admissions were all under the charge of the Imperial College Supervisor, and even the subsequent imperial examinations were under the charge of this new department.

Neither the officials of the Imperial College nor the local academic officials were able to interfere.

This is indeed a change from the previous admissions system.

If there was a new emperor, abolishing the privileges of these people in such a high-profile manner would definitely cause huge trouble, but now the prestige of the throne is extremely high, and it has reached the point where it can do whatever it wants in the country.

Even if he were to issue an order that officials must first be castrated, I don't think many people would object.
Many people cursed Cao Mao II to die.

Judging from the current situation, Cao Mao is indeed very similar to the First Emperor. Both of them completed the unification based on the foundation laid by their fathers and ancestors. Both of them have unparalleled prestige. As long as they are alive, the court can do whatever it wants without restraint and is not afraid of any resistance from any force.

But their styles are different.

Cao Mao did not bother the common people at the bottom. Instead, he relocated the big families and powerful people. From this point of view, he was actually more like Emperor Gaozu of Han. After all, it was Emperor Gaozu of Han who started the process of relocating nobles and powerful people from all over the country.

After he moved, the Han Dynasty indeed lasted longer than the Qin Dynasty.
However, when a Han emperor abolished this system, the Former Han Dynasty indeed declined.

The Later Han Dynasty simply did not deal with the powerful and aristocrats, which led to the rise of the aristocratic families. Domestic affairs were extremely chaotic, far inferior to those of the Former Han Dynasty. The Wei and Jin dynasties even directly became the lickspittles of the aristocratic families.
From this point, we can see that the better we treat the domestic nobles and powerful people, the more turbulent the country will be.

As long as Cao Mao is still alive, these people in the country will not dare to make trouble. Cao Mao is still very young. As long as he can avoid repeating the same mistakes and not die as short-lived as previous generations, then this situation will have no solution.

Yang Zong was reading out the new policy, and even though everyone was dissatisfied, they listened with their heads down.

At this moment in the Taiji Hall, Cao Mao was holding Cao Wen and listening to Zheng Xian chattering about "policy".

"Your Majesty, please stop doting on the Crown Prince. It's time to find him a mentor. Other children would be delving into classics at this age, but Wen Shangqie can't even write his own name!"

Zheng Xian looked very anxious.

Cao Mao looked at her with a smile, and Cao Wen also made the same expression as his father, looking at his mother with a smile.

Zheng Xian was made even angrier by the expressions of the father and son.

"Your Majesty, I think we should quickly find a famous scholar to teach Wen. I think Sun Yanren is a good candidate. He is well-versed in the classics and is a world-renowned scholar. He can definitely enlighten the prince."

Cao Mao was about to speak with a smile, but suddenly, he thought of something, the smile on his face froze, and his expression became serious.

"Queen, did someone come to you and say that we should find someone to teach the prince sooner rather than later? They also said they wanted to find a teacher?"

Zheng Xian was stunned. "No, I just discussed this matter with a few ladies at the banquet earlier."

Cao Mao frowned.

What? Since you can’t defeat me, you want to create a Fusu?

Cao Mao's eyes became sharper. "Were any of Sun Yan's family members present at the banquet?"

Zheng Xian didn't understand why Cao Mao looked so angry, but she thought about it seriously for a while and nodded, "Indeed."

(End of this chapter)