Chapter 797
In the capital, Li You now has no free time to deal with these forces around him. Anyway, Arubu and the Hedong tribes have been taught a lesson by him. In a short period of time, they dare not spy on the Jia Dynasty. As for the useless court in Shu, Li You didn't care at all. Look at their most elite troops who have been at the junction of Shannan East Road and Gyeonggi Road for several years. Not only did they not make any progress, but they even retreated immediately after defeating Arubu. They knew how incompetent these people in Shu were, and they didn't need to pay too much attention to it.
The new dynasty had many affairs, and the primary issue now was to stabilize the internal affairs of the Jia Dynasty first. As for the surrounding forces, it would be natural to deal with them after they settled within them. Fortunately, there were Yao Guangxiao, Fan Li, Sima Cuo, Li Lingyue, Wang Ji and others in the court have followed their direct troops since Jiazhou, and all the complicated tasks were successfully implemented.
Whenever a new dynasty is established, we must first bribe the hearts of the people. The measures taken by all dynasties are nothing more than a general amnesty and the opening of imperial examinations and enrollment of scholars. Li You was also unable to avoid the common people. Apart from a person who was indeed a serious crime, the other prisoners who were framed or were imprisoned for some trivial matters were released from prison. In order to avoid these people being released from prison and re-entered the road of crime because of their lack of livelihood, Li You also specially asked Gu Jiangzi to free up some recruitment quotas for these people. The prisoners who were released from prison were all grateful.
As for the opening of the imperial examinations, Li You once again ignored the pleas of a group of old and young people in the previous dynasty, and still adopted a new type of imperial examination method that had been implemented in Jiazhou for many years. At the same time, he also established a new school in newly incorporated territories such as Henan Province, Dogi Province, Gyeonggi Province and Jingcheng, so that those old-style literati could have an opportunity to learn again.
In the past few years, the world was in chaos. Henan Province, controlled by Xu Shiyong and Yuan Zhang, did not hold imperial examinations, and scholars in these places suddenly had no chance to advance. Therefore, although they did not hide the new imperial examinations in the Jia Dynasty, they did not miss this good opportunity to become an official. They all came to study the imperial examination instructions and guidance materials issued by the court to carefully study them. You must know that this was the first imperial examination in the new dynasty. If they could pass this examination, they would have a Jin Shanshan qualification in the officialdom in the future.
In order to pass the exam, these people tried all kinds of ways. Some went to Beijing immediately to see if they could go through the same path as the previous dynasty. It is said that Princess Taiping has set up a Yaji in Xiyuan. If she can get her favor, wouldn’t she be one step ahead? Some took a unique approach and went south to Jiazhou. Now the Beijing University Hall is still in progress. Jiazhou University Hall is the best school in the world. Previously, most of the examiners who opened subjects in Jiazhou came from here. If they could study at Jiazhou University, they could get guidance from famous teachers, and from the other hand, they might be able to understand the intentions of some examiners to set questions. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to kill two birds with one stone?
As for those students who were previously infatuated with math, agriculture, water conservancy, etc., they could be proud and turn their heads up! In the past, they were always ridiculed at literati gatherings, but now they have become popular for everyone to visit and ask for advice. You should know that before, scholars from the Wei Dynasty focused on studying the meaning of saints. Although the imperial court has retained the Jinshi subject, the number of admissions has been greatly reduced. It is difficult to pass the exam. On the other hand, because of the scarcity of candidates in various subjects, as long as they have a few points of real talent and real learning, they will definitely be able to pass the exam.
But not everyone is willing to accept this reality. After all, the imperial examinations in all dynasties have been selected by the saints’ classics, and the vast majority of scholars in the Wei Dynasty have no other skills except for the poetry, books, and scriptures. Most of them have been preparing for this for more than ten decades. How easy is it to say that they want to change careers?
With their abilities, it is not easy to pass the Jinshi exam with fewer admissions? It is not a matter of overnight success for them to change to other subjects. Of course, these people are unwilling to accept this reality. So when others began to concentrate on preparing for the exam, these frustrated scholars also began to connect everywhere, trying to restore the old system of Jiachao and still adopt the method of selecting scholars by the classics.
"There are treacherous people in the court! From now on, this must be the idea of the Mohist school!" These scholars did not dare to blame Li You, so they chose Gu Jiangzi to take the blame, and refuted him in a big way, saying that the new imperial examination in the Jia Dynasty was a diagnosis of the Mohist and Confucianism, trying to contact more Confucians to participate in their actions in this way.
"This is to cut off the foundation of my Holy Church!" Someone immediately agreed, "I am a person in the Holy Church. Even if I sacrifice my life, I will never let the heresy of the Mo family occupy the court! I plan to contact the Holy Teaching Son to ask Your Majesty for your order, hoping that Your Majesty can denounce such a treacherous slander like Gu Jiangzi and restore the right path! Are you willing to walk with me?"
"I'm the one! It's the responsibility of my Confucian scholars to defend the Holy Church! I'm not far from making a living for the people and the country of the Jia Dynasty. Such heresy stolen the court." These highly incitemental words quickly won the approval of many people, making these young students excited, and many people responded soon.
"But how should we do it?" Although their slogans were shouting loudly, they were a little hesitant when they really wanted to act. You must know that this new Majesty started with military merits and was decisive in killing. If he offended him, he would not have any good endings?
"At this time, I have made a decision. At that time, I will go to the Confucian Temple to invite a saint tablet, and gather the saint tablets to beat the drums and ask Your Majesty for your order. Who dares to stop us?" This is a killing weapon commonly used by scholars. Previously, scholars often asked saint tablets to force local officials to accept their coercion. Therefore, they wanted to calmly think that the officials of the Jia Dynasty would surrender to them.
With these successful precedents in mind, these scholars quickly accepted this suggestion and all jumped out to express their support, hoping to gain a chance to enter the court with this.
So, a few days later, scholars in the capital suddenly gathered around the Confucian Temple and entered the Confucian Temple under the leadership of several scholars who were interested in the people's livelihood. They asked them to go to the lord tablet of the sage master, and held it in their hands and walked towards the palace with their heads held high. Along the way, new scholars continued to join them, which made them more and more confident.
Chapter completed!