Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 745 Improving the Imperial Examination System
The final result of Fang Yiai's treason case was that Fang Yiai did not constitute treason, but she was still guilty. Therefore, Fang Yiai and Princess Gaoyang were demoted to common people and lived in Dunhuafang.

Li Yuanjing was also deposed from the throne, but the position of governor is still there.

Li Ke was acquitted of the crime of ignorance, but then Li Ke resigned all his official positions in the court and went to Dengzhou with Li Yin.

Li Daozong was reinstated as an official, and Xue Wanche was promoted!Everything else is different from the original history.

After Fang Yiai was executed, his brother Liang Guogong Fang Yizhi, governor of Bianzhou, third brother Fang Yize, doctor Chaosan, and fourth brother Fang Yiyi, governor of Guzhou, were all exiled.Prime Minister Yu Wenjie (Shi Zhong, Prince Zhan Shi), Anguo Gongzhi Sisili (Consort Duwei, General Zuo Xiaowei), Qiao Guogong Chai Zhewei (Anxi Duhu), Shang Shufeng, who had more contacts with Fang Yiai Yu Xue Wanbei and others were all exiled.

But this time, all the people were fine. Li You's powerful protection made these people safe, so this group of people also narrowly escaped death, and they were all grateful to Li You.

In Li You's office at Chang'an University, Li Zhi and Li You were sitting in it. At this moment, Li Zhi was in a very good mood, playing with a small ornament in Li You's room and said with a smile: "Fifth brother, you don't know, the eldest grandson is now Uncle is much more honest, and he no longer dares to directly deduct my will like before. This time we did not continue to dig.

If you keep digging, it won't be Xue Cheng beheading. It's as simple as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments returning home. At least a piece of people can be dug up, but I don't know why you stopped digging, fifth brother. "

Li You stood outside the window, looked at the scenery outside the window and said slightly: "Digging is very good. If you dig deep, you can indeed pull out a large bunch of radishes, but you must be clear, Your Majesty, Changsun Wuji is not a good man and a faithful woman. If we even His roots have been dug up, and he will fight with us. Now is not the time to fight with him.

It is not easy for Datang to have the current prosperity. Do you want to destroy this prosperity? "

"Of course not!" Li Zhi smiled and said, "Then what should we do in the future, the positions of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and Minister of the Ministry of Punishment are all vacant. Chu Suiliang has already recommended several people to me. Seriously, I really don't know." Chu Suiliang is so shameless, it’s all like this, and he still recommends it tirelessly, thinking I’m a fool.”

"Tell me about the main structure of the current court."

"Oh, the current structure of the court is Taiwei Changsun Wuji, Situ Li Yuanli (also serving as Luzhou Governor), Sikong Li Ji, Shangshu Zuopushe Yu Zhining (also serving as the prince's young teacher), Shangshu Youpushe Chu Suiliang (same as Zhong The third rank under the Shumen, still know the election), served Cui Dunli, Zhongshuling Liushi, and Han Yuan and Laiji, the third rank under the Zhongshumen.

Among them, except for Li Ji and Yu Zhining, they are all members of Uncle Changsun. It can be said that he, the elder of the court, is really covering the sky with one hand, and Chu Suiliang also occupies the Minister of the Ministry of Officials! "

Li Zhi showed a slightly displeased expression.

"Ah!" Li You shook his head slightly speechless: "Uncle Changsun's eating is too ugly, and even Zhongshuling Liu Shi is too bastard, his niece is the queen, and he even goes to praise Changsun Wuji's smelly Feet, really stupid."

"That's right. And Queen Wang has nothing to do. She turned Li Zhong into her stepson, and then forced me to turn Li Zhong into a prince. They are really a bunch of bastards, fifth brother, I think...!"

Li You knew what Li Zhi wanted to say in the next sentence. He just wanted to make Wu Meiniang the emperor. However, Li Zhi didn't say it out. There are some troubles, and you also know that the people in the hall are not ours, if Uncle Changsun stops there, he will directly send you a dismissal from the court, and you will be finished."

"But Cheng Guogong, Tang Guogong, and Yuchi Guogong are all on our side!" Li Zhi was a little anxious.

"Yes, the three princes are on our side, but you still have to be clear. The princes are only suitable for deterrence. Their rights have been emptied, so you dare to use them?"

Li You walked to his seat with a smile and said, "If you use them, aren't you afraid that another eldest grandson Wuji will come?"

"Ah, Fifth Brother, what should we do?" Li Zhi frowned.

"First take down the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and then we will grab Chu Suiliang's Minister of the Ministry of Officials. After the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is in hand, we can proceed to Enke."

"Enke...?" Li Zhi looked at Li You and asked, "Fifth Brother, Enke doesn't mean much, the people who are selected are all from aristocratic families, and they are Enke who are given official positions in those aristocratic families."

It is not unreasonable for Li Zhi to say this.

Although the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty broke the monopoly of aristocratic families on official careers in a certain sense, and tore a gap in the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, its effect was limited to this gap.

On the whole, the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty was still a mechanism for the selection of talents within the upper class, because the imperial examination system from the establishment of examination qualifications to the examination process and selection system was all in favor of the powerful and powerful families.Almost all the Jinshi produced through the imperial examination system were from the upper class, and the only poor families were not from the bottom class, but were only in the decline of their families or had no officials for two generations.The first reason for this phenomenon is that the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty was not perfect.

Almost all those who qualified as examinees were from aristocratic families.

The most important thing is that during the Li and Tang Dynasties, the imperial examinations were not transcribed with obscure names, and the names of candidates were clearly placed on the test papers.If this is the case, then there is only the possibility of fraud in the imperial examination, and the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty still adopted the "Tongbang".

Candidates submit their articles to the leaders of the literary world, examiners, Zaifu and others to judge before the exam. This is called "warm paper" or "running paper" to gain fame, and the examiner uses the recommendation of Confucianism and Zaifu according to the reputation. , Make a list post for reference during admissions, that is, "Tongbang".Great writers such as Bai Juyi, Du Mu, and Han Yu have all done such things.

The imperfection of the imperial examination system is just a sign, and the most fundamental reason is that the power of the aristocratic family is still strong.

But if you want to get rid of the aristocratic family, you must improve the imperial examination system. As long as the imperial examination system is improved, a class of civil officials and scholar-bureaucrats will be formed.

In this way, they can be used against aristocratic families.

Li Shimin's reign is so peaceful because he owns a Shandong group, and uses the Shandong group to fight against other aristocratic families, so that Li Shimin's Tang Dynasty has a different kind of prosperity. What Li You has to do now is to help Li Zhi establish a family as soon as possible. The class of civil servants and scholar-bureaucrats.

Using this class of civil officials and scholar-bureaucrats to fight against aristocratic families can effectively strengthen the concentration of imperial power. However, this matter has a long way to go, and Li You is still busy.

(End of this chapter)