Since the beginning of the Qiongzhou School, Zhao Bing was tired of sarcastic articles like a whining without any illness, and wanted to dismiss all the Chengwen test papers that lasted for a hundred years. He only took articles that were meaningful and rational, but the fashion had resistance. Even if there was reform, it could not fully meet his satisfaction. Now he has gained absolute voice, so he naturally has to make some modifications.
Zhao Bing made adjustments to the content of the exam, greatly reducing the content that was mainly based on Neo-Confucianism in the past, and adding new learning content. The proportion of poetry, fu and theory was also adjusted, and changed to theory as the main one, poetry and fu as the supplement. After all, the writing ability of poetry and fu also represents a humanistic literacy. If it were a group of officials who could not even understand official documents in Jianyan Nian, wouldn’t it be a joke?
In addition, Zhao Bing also adjusted the number of people who were selected for each subject. The quota for Jinshi still followed the old rules to 300, but the mathematical studies were increased among all subjects. The number of people in Ming law and medicine was greatly reduced, and the number of people in Mingjing was not allowed to take the exam, while the number of people in calligraphy and painting and other miscellaneous courses was greatly increased. Moreover, the number of people admitted to various subjects was much higher than that of half of the Jinshi subjects in the past.
As a result, many scholars who have studied hard for many years have failed, especially those who have applied for the Jinshi exam, obviously felt that they had suffered a loss. However, before the exam, the scholars still held their confidence that they would be admitted, so they did not say anything except complaining a few times. However, after the exam was released, they saw that they failed, and those who were not as talented as themselves on weekdays became famous because they applied for various subjects, and their psychology changed...
"Officials, isn't the scientific examination going well?"
"Oh, why are you here for free today?" Zhao Bing had just returned to Zhiyuan Hall after he got off the court. Before he could change his clothes, several wives came up to him. He did not answer Chen Shu's insane words and smiled. Since the "regulatory" incident, although the matter has been safely passed, the system of the concubines and wheel attendants has been preserved, and they will hold a party in Zhiyuan Hall from time to time.
"The official family is so heartless. We are all worried, but we dislike us for a meal!" Chen Shu said indignantly.
"The Mongol Yuan has been defeated. There are no major events in the court recently, and there are no famines among the people. What should I worry about?" Zhao Bing spread his hands and said with a smile.
"Have the official family not read the newspaper recently?" Concubine Xian Lei Yan said in surprise.
"I have been busy with scientific research these days. I haven't read it for a few days. Why did there be something strange about it? Or did anyone's cow give birth to a monster?" Zhao Bing said with a smile. In the past, he had the habit of collecting various newspapers in Beijing to understand the situation in the outside world. Now his wives have also become frustrated, but girls are more concerned about gossip, anecdotes and various gossips. They are not particularly keen on current affairs, so they sometimes tell him about it.
"The official family should stop joking, this time it's a serious matter!" Lei Yan opened the emperor's hand that touched her face and said very seriously.
"Oh, is it a serious business this time?" Zhao Bing said in surprise, but in fact he didn't take it seriously. The important things they talk about are often trivial, just fighting between neighbors into the government, or scammers fool the old lady, so they would make up for it themselves based on the report, argue for something right and wrong, and even pull him in as a referee. As the times were too many, he would not care.
"Let the official family change clothes and wash first, let's sit down and talk to the official family slowly!" At this time, Wu Xi stepped forward to stop their entangled words.
"Yes, yes, I yelled with the ministers for a long time, but I didn't even have to take a sip of tea, and my mouth was dry and tight!" Zhao Bing quickly said, "To be honest, he was really busy these days. He reviewed all the test papers listed in each subject, wanting to understand their level and see if there are any cheating phenomena. Of course, he saw that it was all policy theory and mathematics, and he was spared from poetry, classics and history, but the amount was still too large. He spent all his spare time and had no time to talk about it.
"Official family, drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat!" Before Zhao Bing could try to change the topic, he was dragged into the tea room as soon as he finished changing clothes and washing up. Li Sanniang sent a cup of tea ceremony.
"What happened? It's so grand!" Zhao Bing took the tea and took two big sips. He saw his wives sitting left and right. He felt like a meeting. He touched his chin and said.
"Please read the official!" Wu Xi said in front of the emperor's eyes.
"Why are there articles that commemorate Li Guang? Is it the anniversary?" The newspapers were sorted out and used a pen as a sign. Zhao Bing looked at them roughly. These newspapers that were somewhat famous in Lin'an published articles involving Li Guang prominently on the front page. He was a little puzzled.
"The officials have also discovered that it has not only been today, but it has been several consecutive days after the release of the results, and in the past two days it has become increasingly fierce. Newspapers in the capital have published articles in a long and published in many articles. I am worried that someone has done it on purpose, in order to be detrimental to the officials!" Wu Xi said.
"What the hell are they going? A person who has been dead for thousands of years can still cause storms!" Zhao Bing said with a little amused.
"Officials, it is not necessary to miss the Flying General, but the theme is 'Li Guang', so the queen suspected that someone used this to allude to the official, used it to bewitch people's hearts and provoke the failed scholars to cause trouble." At this time, Concubine De Zhang Ping explained.
"Then who do you think is being manipulated in secret?" Zhao Bing frowned when he heard this. He also realized that it was indeed a bit strange when he mentioned Li Guang's unfinished incident at this critical moment, so he turned to ask.
"The officials, I think it's nothing more than military officials who think that the officials' rewards and punishments are unfair; or the scholars who failed the exam took advantage of the issue, and believed that the officials rewarded the Huanghai Water War and the twenty warriors in Guabu Town in front of the officials violated the ancestral system of valuing culture and over military affairs, which made the scholars despise, and thus led to their failure, which made them lament the unfair works!" Wu Xi analyzed.
"Well, there is some truth. The Duke of Yu of the 102nd Division of the First Army was dismissed by me and escorted back to Beijing to discuss his crimes. Perhaps it is related to this matter. However, he had only been in Beijing for a few days and was detained in the Ministry of War. Few outsiders knew about it. The scholars would not complain about such a criminal military official!" Zhao Bing thought about it and said, "Is it the one who was on the list who was showing off and still thought that 'Expanding a thousand miles of territory is better than quoting a title on the list', and then ridicule those generals who awarded the award?"
"No matter what, I think the officials should pay attention to this matter and not be taken by villains!" Wu Xi said again.
"Well, I will make people keep an eye on this matter, but after thinking about it, I still think that most of the failed scholars are complaining." People care about themselves so much, Zhao Bing couldn't let them put their warm faces on their cold butts, nodding to show that they valued it.
"The view of the government is unique. A group of scholars complained but wanted to borrow a warrior. Wouldn't it be funny!" Chen Shu curled her lips.
"It is true that Li Guang is a warrior, but he is a tragic hero in the eyes of scholars of all generations. Naturally, there is something to do!" Zhao Bing said in front of him.
"Li Guang is a real hero, how can he say tragic!" Chen Shu poured tea for the emperor, held it back with both hands, but pouted.
"Heroes are considered, but real heroes have to consider it." Zhao Bing said with another tea.
"The officials do not agree with this. Li Guang has been in the army for decades and has experienced hundreds of battles, which scared the Huns to leave. Why are they not a real hero? It was just that Emperor Wu of Han was mean and reluctant to be a marquis, which led to his anger and committing suicide." Li Sanniang also disagreed with the emperor's statement at this time and interfered in refuting.
"Since that's the case, then you tell me, what are the conditions for being a marquis in the Han Dynasty? Why can't Li Guang be a marquis?" Zhao Bing saw that his wives were all "glaming" at him, obviously he was "blasphemy" in their hearts, but he could not admit defeat at will, so he looked at the girls and asked.
"The Han Dynasty was granted a title of marquis, one was a royal relative, the other was a royal family member, the other was a purchase of titles with money, the third was a military merit, and the fourth was a favor by the emperor." Chen Fei Wang Yu said, "It's a pity that Li Guang was not a royal relative; the rewards he made was all divided into subordinates, so he had no money to exchange titles. Because he participated in all his bad battles, his losses were huge, and his merits and demerits were counterproductive, it was difficult to win titles. In addition, Emperor Wu of Han had prejudices against him and would not make an exception to reward him. It's a pity that he was unable to receive titles for his entire life."
"Concubine Chen said it well, but the matter is not the right thing." Zhao Bing was really thirsty and took a sip of tea before saying, "It is a custom of all dynasties to personally win titles, but Li Guang also has a relationship with the royal family. His third son, Li Gan's daughter, was favored by Emperor Wu's crown prince Liu Ju. If he could ascend the throne, Li Guang would naturally be granted titles. Unfortunately, Liu Ju was not able to ascend the throne for his whole life. Later, he was even killed by the whole family because of the witchcraft case, so he lost the opportunity to be a marquis..."
Zhao Bing then analyzed one by one, and publicly disclosed the selling of official positions and titles under explicit regulations. To trace it back, the first one was Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng. The market for buying and selling official positions in the Han Dynasty was more mature. By the time Liu Che (Emperor Wu of Han) became emperor, the monetary policy strengthened, and the buying of officials no longer collected food, but directly collected money. The court started selling martial arts titles. At that time, martial arts titles were divided into seventeen levels, but only sold to the eighth level "Leqing".
But this title is false after all, and the buyer is not very active. In order to stimulate consumption, the court tried to give "real" officials to those who bought martial arts titles. The "thousand men" in martial arts titles are the same as the "five officials" in civil service. Li Guang was once the Weiwei and the Order of the Langzhong, and Guanglu Xun was one of the nine senior officials of the central government. Although Li Guang also wanted to spend money to buy a title, the "marquis" he wanted was not on the sales order. Secondly, the rewards Li Guang received were basically divided into the generals and soldiers of his subordinates. He had no spare money himself, which was indeed the truth.
The Han Dynasty followed the Qin law and according to the Qin Dynasty's military merit system, it seemed easy to calculate how many heads were cut down and how many titles were awarded, which seemed to be easy to calculate, but there was another problem: the merits made by people like strategists were difficult to calculate clearly. In the era of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, this issue caused controversy. Although Zhang Liang, Xiao He and others did not personally go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, the merits could not be assessed simply by a few heads.
The final result agreed by Liu Bang and his ministers was: Xiao He had the first place in his merits and Cao Shen was the second, and Zhang Liang, who was praised by Liu Bang for being able to win thousands of miles away, ranked 60th in the final ranking. However, Xiao He, who had the first merits, had only 8,000 households, and Zhang Liang, who ranked 60th, had 10,000 households. In fact, if Zhang Liang had not given him humility, Liu Bang would have planned to grant him 30,000 households.
Therefore, in an era when there are wars to fight, there are two ways to be named a marquis: either have the ability to go into battle to kill enemies and exchange heads for titles; or have a peerless genius who can sit in the center and help the supreme ruler provide decision-making advice. It is obvious that Li Guang does not have the latter ability. To calculate his military merits, it is easy: just count how many heads he cut!
Let’s look at Li Guang’s performance on the battlefield. One more issue must be paid attention to: if you make merits, you must be more merit than demerits, so that you can be granted a marquis. If you kill 800 enemies and lose one thousand of yourself, you will not only not be granted a marquis, but you will be held accountable for military law. This is particularly important in analyzing the reasons why Li Guang was unable to be granted a marquis.
None of the three, and the rest is the emperor's special order and reward. The founding emperor Liu Bang left a legacy: If there is no merit (or) the marquis who are not allowed to be appointed by the emperor, the world will be punished. This means that if you want to be appointed as a marquis, you must either make military achievements or meet the conditions set by the emperor. Although a large proportion of people are soldiers and also go to the battlefield to fight, they did not make any military achievements for the Han Dynasty, but were also granted a marquis. These people are special because these people were originally all kings and princes of the Xiongnu, North Korea, and Nanyue. Because they led their troops to surrender, they were granted a marquis.
In addition, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, there was a rare custom of being a marquis, that is, officials who served as prime minister, could be granted a marquis even if they did not make any military achievements, which was a "marquis of kindness". This started with Gongsun Hong, and Li Guang's cousin Li Cai, who replaced Gongsun Hong as prime minister, also benefited from it. Although he was granted a marquis because of his military achievements, his 2,000 households were actually only more than 600 households from his fiefs due to military achievements, and the rest were granted after becoming prime minister.
However, during his life, Li Guang was transferred to the capital for a period of time to serve as the leader of the imperial guards, and most of his time spent fighting and killing the Huns on the border. He held the highest official position and was mostly a military position, so he naturally had no chance to be granted a title of marquis because of his "gratitude". Therefore, except for fighting on the battlefield and killing the enemy's head to sacrifice the king, General Li Guang had no other way to get the title of marquis - fame and fortune should be obtained immediately.
"What the official said is that Li Guang cannot be named a marquis because of his personal reasons, and his name is not true?" Chen Shu said dissatisfied when he heard the emperor's "believer" of his hero in his mind.
Chapter completed!