Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 752

"The method of tribute in the Tang Dynasty mostly followed the system of the Sui Dynasty." Not long after Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, Wu De began to recruit scholars in the fourth year of Wude. Since then, the colorful picture scroll of the imperial examination history in the Tang Dynasty has been opened.

In the Tang Dynasty, the subjects of the examination were divided into two categories: regular subjects and system subjects.The exams held in installments every year are called regular subjects, and the exams held temporarily by the emperor's edict are called system subjects.

The subjects of the regular examination are generally divided into six subjects: Xiucai, Mingjing, Jinshi, Mingfa, Mingshu, and Mingshu.

Among them, Xiucai was called "Youyizhike" by the people at that time. It was the first to be established among the six regular subjects in the Tang Dynasty, with the longest history and the highest legal status.

However, because of the difficulty and high requirements of the Xiucai subject, there were very few candidates, and it was abolished during the Yonghui period of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty.

Among the remaining five subjects, Jinshi and Mingjing are the most important, and the number of candidates taking these two exams is also the largest.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Ming Jing Ke was higher than Jin Shi Ke. Compared with the selection system of previous dynasties, the selection of talents through the imperial examination system was undoubtedly a great progress, and it recruited many talents for the development of politics, economy, and culture in the Tang Dynasty.

However, with the continuous change of politics in the Tang Dynasty, the role played by the imperial examination system was also affected, resulting in some disadvantages.

For example, the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty not only had a small number of places, but also had obvious defects in the system, and the examination procedures were not perfect.

And soon, the imperial examination gradually evolved into a means for the aristocratic family to maintain their family status, and corruption such as bribery and fraud appeared during the imperial examination process.

Candidates did not hesitate to cheat and bribe the examiners, which greatly reduced the ability and quality of the candidates, while many real talents, celebrities, and elites were excluded.

First of all, there are the province rolls and line rolls.The Naxing Juan means that the Juzi handed over the poems and prose scrolls he usually wrote to the government where the Shangshu Province is located, that is, the Ministry of Rites, so it is called the Naxing Juan, also known as the "Public Juan".

The poems and essays submitted by Juzi to some dignitaries privately are called "Xingjuan".

The Jinshi Department in the Tang Dynasty also allowed "public recommendation" and "common list", that is, allowing people to recommend outstanding talents to the chief examiner.

Jinshi imperial examination candidates compile their own literary creations into volumes and submit them to dignitaries or celebrities in the literary world in order to obtain their appreciation and recommendation, thereby increasing their popularity and chances of ranking.

This style of scrolling was very popular after the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, but many problems followed.

One is the phenomenon of going through the back door. The practice of relying on power to obtain academic qualifications has become popular, and it has become a well-known secret. "Public recommendation" has actually become "private recommendation". talent.

The second is that many of the poems and essays submitted by the candidates were written by others, and some were plagiarized and stolen, and revised and revised on other people's articles, so many of them were not at their own level.

In this way, it is extremely easy for some unlearned and incompetent children of wealthy and powerful families to pass the imperial examination.

Aiming at these problems, Li You discussed with his think tanks for several hours, and finally got several epoch-making contents. The first is the system of obscure names. The so-called system of obscure names means that the names of all candidates are covered up.

The original imperial examination system used to be that candidates who came to the capital would be judged by the examiners after the general examination, and then the final admission list would be evaluated. This is too unfair. Now that the names are covered up, you can only choose according to your talents.

But even so, there may be someone who takes the exam on his behalf. Then after the name is blurred, there will be a palace exam. What is the palace exam? The so-called palace exam is to prevent the examiners from cheating for personal gain, so that all scholars who have obtained the qualification of tribute are asked by the emperor himself take an exam.

This not only increases the rigor of the exam, but also increases the sense of honor of the candidates, who feel that they are "students of the Son of Heaven" and are more loyal to the emperor and patriotic.

There is also the expansion of imperial examinations, and the shortening of the interval between examinations, the institutionalization of "regular examinations", and the change of opening subjects once a year to once a year.And expand the number of admissions and increase the number of examination subjects.Increase the previous 1-2 subjects to 7-8 subjects.Emphasis should be placed on the development of Jinshi subjects based on Wen Duce, and the reduction of Mingjing subjects based on reciting classics and pasting scriptures.In this way, it has really opened up a way for those quick-thinking and insightful people to become officials.

Finally, "Southern Selection" was created.In the early Tang Dynasty, the remote Wuling and Guizhou areas were relatively backward in culture, but now Lingnan under the management of Li You is much better, so Li You proposed to give special consideration to these areas in the selection of talents.A group of local people of insight were discovered and trained for the development and guarding of the frontier.

There were a total of fifteen articles in total. After Li You sorted them out, he was going to present Li Zhi to the public the next day. At this time, Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu both came to the palace.

Li Zhi happened to be leaving the palace at this time, because he learned that Li Mingda and others were playing tennis. After finishing his own affairs, Li Zhi couldn't wait to rush to Dunhuafang. Wu Meiniang.

For Wu Meiniang, Li Zhi still trusts him very much, and he handed over many trivial political affairs to Wu Meiniang.!

Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu sat on the chairs in front of the hall together, and Wu Meiniang was busy sitting on the dragon chair, busy drawing the red marks on the table. After a while, Wu Meiniang asked: "The two of you are here to find me. , is there something wrong?"

After hearing Wu Meiniang's voice, Xu Jingzong got up quickly and said: "Your Majesty, the two of us came here this time to offer a plan to Your Majesty!"

"With this strategy, the empress should be able to become a queen." Li Yifu smiled slightly.

"What. Become a queen?" Wu Meiniang stopped her hand, put the original copy on the table and asked, "What plan do you have?"

"Huairou policy!" Xu Jingzong looked at Wu Meiniang and smiled.

"Embracing the policy of softness, whose softness is it?"

"Of course it's Elder Changsun Ge!" Li Yifu looked at Wu Meiniang and said.

"Him?" Wu Meiniang shook her head slightly and said, "It's unlikely that you want to be gentle with him, this person will definitely protect the queen...!"

Looking at Wu Meiniang shaking his head, at this moment, Xu Jingzong immediately smiled and said: "Indeed. If it was in the past, Elder Changsun Ge would definitely not agree to this request, and he would definitely protect the king and queen, but it is different now, Elder Changsun Ge One of my enemies is back, His Royal Highness King Qi, and now His Royal Highness King Zhang Sun Ge is running the old man very hard, but this is our chance, if we can treat Elder Chang Sun Ge with tenderness now, then we, I can tell Elder Changsun Ge, we are together, as long as Elder Changsun Ge realizes this.

Maybe he can agree to stand on the same front with us, and we will become an alliance. At that time, Elder Changsun Ge will definitely agree to let the empress go further. "

"Hiss!" When Xu Jingzong said this, Wu Meiniang on the side directly showed a joyful expression, because Wu Meiniang also felt that this was a very good opportunity, if he could seize this opportunity, then he would still have a lot of opportunities to go further. Likely.

(End of this chapter)