Since the Imperial Examination and the Beijing Examination in the fourth year of Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty, the Provincial Examination and the Taoist Examination have been changed to once a year.
The scholars selected by the Taoist examination were appointed as Juren. At this time, according to the regulations of the imperial court, they were already qualified to become officials.
In other words, regardless of whether you choose to become a civil servant or become an official, you will be more competitive than others, which is almost the same as applying for a job with a diploma.
The candidates who passed the examination were equivalent to college graduates, and the talents who passed the provincial examination were equivalent to junior college students. When the imperial court hired people, they would naturally select the best.
Of course, the imperial examination had only been held for a few years, and the Beijing examination was only once. The number of people selected by the imperial examination was far from being able to make up for the vacancies in the imperial court every year.
Therefore, the imperial court still maintained great flexibility in recruiting talents, and some people took advantage of this and raised the issue of promoting filial piety and integrity.
Li Po didn't have much interest in this. Xiaolian was a product of the inspection system of the Han Dynasty.
It means to establish oneself as a human being with filial piety as the foundation, to serve as an official in government, and to be honest and honest.
However, at that time, the aristocratic families had a monopoly on the superstructure, which provided opportunities for some people to come and go and do business, touting and recommending each other, and there were endless frauds.
Therefore, there were nursery rhymes at that time to sneer: to commend a scholar who does not know how to read, to commend a man who is filial and honest, whose father lives away from home. A poor person is as white and turbid as mud, and a high-ranking general is as timid as a chicken.
In the former Sui Dynasty, filial piety and integrity were also promoted. As a supplement to the imperial examination, the effect was not great. Most of them were done to correct the morals and were in conjunction with the policy of restoring Han rites implemented by Emperor Wen Yang Jian.
The most famous one is Zhang Qingfeng, who opened a shop selling sesame cakes and was well known in the countryside for his filial piety. After he was promoted to be filial and honest, he did not serve as an official because he had to serve his parents.
In fact, it is pure nonsense. If a sesame seed seller becomes an official, what do you want him to do? He may lose his head at some point, but people in the world like this kind of tone. It belongs to the category of establishing a model, promoting filial piety and integrity.
Because this is in line with the Confucian concept of governing the country by virtue.
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In any case, the system of selecting talents through the imperial examination is on the right track, and the direction has become clear. The imperial examination and the imperial examination run in parallel.
Both Li Po and the court officials knew very well that this situation would not change significantly in ten or twenty years. Some people even thought that in the pre-Sui Dynasty, there was really no need for everyone to boycott the imperial examination.
An obvious fact is that most of the people selected by the imperial examinations are from aristocratic families. This can leave some opportunities for poorer families and can greatly alleviate social conflicts. Why not?
At that time, those people boycotted the imperial examination with red eyes. Firstly, the imperial examination did touch the fundamental interests of the family and showed signs of shaking their foundation.
Secondly, what everyone was resisting was not actually the imperial examination itself, but the last struggle of Xianbei aristocrats like Yuwen, Dugu, etc. to resist being assimilated by the Han family.
Thirdly, the Kansai clan that had unified the world, as well as the remaining forces of the Northern Qi, Nanchen, and Nanliang that had just been unified by the Kansai people, were all wary of the former Sui imperial power.
Some were afraid that Yang Jian would kill the donkey, and some were afraid that the emperor would settle accounts in the future, so they subconsciously opposed Yang Jian on the important affairs of the court.
Then there are some stubborn forces who feel that the nine-level Zhongzheng system is good and try their best to hinder the implementation of the New Deal.
Therefore, the first nationwide trial of the imperial examination ended in failure because of an extremely complicated political background.
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, many obstacles had disappeared. In addition, the wars in the late Sui Dynasty were too fierce, and the people felt at ease, so the imperial examination and talent selection could be carried out smoothly.
This is the so-called general trend.
In fact, although there was a new group of people promoting the imperial examination at this time, it was essentially the same as the previous Sui Dynasty. It was still a choice made by the upper class elites, and the time when the people were the masters of the country was still far away.
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The imperial examination held last year was uneventful, and it is expected to be similar this year. The important node will still be the Beijing Examination next year.
The last time the imperial court put on a show, there were heated debates at the literary conference, a banquet in the apricot forest, and the palace examination, which really made the momentum of the imperial examination quite high.
There is a precedent to follow next year, and the system is much better than last time. I think it will be a grand event again in Chang'an, but I don't know if anyone will mess with it and leak some test questions or something.
Li Po was looking forward to this very much. When he thought about it, he seemed to hear someone saying in his ears that it was really brave to choose officials for the lower ranks of the fifth rank.
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Yun Dingxing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, submitted a letter. The location of the imperial mausoleum has been decided, and the stage of making drawings has begun.
This was a test for the engineering skills of the early Tang Dynasty, because the imperial mausoleum was chosen to be located on the yang side of the Weishui River and the yin side of the Jingshui River, where there are undulating mountains and hills, and the geological environment is very complex.
This is different from the imperial tombs of past dynasties. It seems that a mountain tomb is going to be built.
Because the theory of Feng Shui had been perfected in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the "experts" in Kanyu all praised this place, which means that it is an extremely blessed place that can protect noble people from being disturbed, have luxuriant descendants, and extend the country for a long time.
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In fact, most of them are just mythical. The practical point is that earthquakes, floods, droughts and other natural disasters rarely occur there.
Use this as a mausoleum. You can have a good sleep in it, and your body will not be dug up by God one day and exposed in the wilderness. As for man-made disasters, who can control it?
The author Lang Yu Shinan's suggestion was very pertinent. He heard that the Ministry of Industry wanted to build the Tang Ancestral Tomb according to the model of Changling, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, and all the services would be generous.
Yu Shinan, who was proficient in classics and history, refuted the above statement by saying that the tombs of the emperors of the Han Dynasty had too many laborers, and there were many treasures in the tombs that could easily attract thieves to spy on them. There was also a ritual of life and death, which was extremely barbaric and cruel.
Your Majesty is wise and mighty, and loves the people like a son. How can you imitate him?
Therefore, his opinion is that the imperial tombs should be grand in general, simple and comfortable in details, with fewer burial objects, etc.
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The Ministry of Industry's plan was circulated throughout the three provinces, and the opinions of courtiers were widely solicited.
Li Po found it very disturbing. A group of bastards were discussing where he would sleep a hundred years from now. He was really not a son of a man. I will definitely live longer than any of you...
In the end, it was Yu Shinan's words that sounded more pleasant to my ears. After a person dies, everything is settled. There are so many things to pay attention to. If you encounter a bastard like Cao Cao or Duan Da, does it make any difference where you are buried? Have you ever heard of the name of Captain Mojin?
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The old fox Feng Lun was still so cunning. He saw the emperor's intention and suggested erecting a monument outside the imperial mausoleum to tell those who were digging graves and robbing holes that there were absolutely no jewels in the tomb of His Majesty, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Don't bother.
It kind of means that there is no three hundred taels of silver here, but Li Po is a local master. If you see this kind of monument, you must dig up and try your luck. This is really a bad idea.
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Building imperial mausoleums is a major event for a dynasty, especially ancestral mausoleums, which are no different from dragon veins.
Li Po didn't want to take care of it, but he had to pay attention, so he ordered people to send all the memorials about the imperial mausoleum to Li Bi, which was regarded as leaving the matter to his wife to handle.
Anyway, they will definitely sleep together in the end, so he can't worry about the decoration alone, right?
In general, the construction of the imperial mausoleum is a relatively large project, especially if the emperor is not interested in it. It is conceivable that the progress will not be so fast. This process may drag on for more than ten or twenty years.
Not surprising.
However, the renovation of Chang'an Palace showed the speed of the pre-Sui Dynasty. By the end of June, almost two months later, it was almost completed.
According to the Ministry of Industry's advance plans, some palaces were repaired, and some palaces that were extremely dilapidated were simply demolished.
The overall layout has not been significantly changed. It took some work to clean up the mud in several palace ponds and build some pavilions.
This year we also built several hot springs to the east of the Chang'an harem. As for whether the palace concubines can use the hot spring water to wash away their fat, well, I guess it will be enough.
Ancient poems and prose are all exaggerated, giving people room for imagination, but the actual situation is quite different.
Various palaces near Chang'an have also started construction this year, mainly repairs. Needless to say, Li Po has always felt that there is a shortage of labor everywhere, but it is very inappropriate to build palaces in Kansai on a large scale.
Most of these are still influenced by the ruling ideas of later generations, and there is a certain gap between them and the role of king.
Despite the fact that some ministers accompanied the emperor all day long and said something bad about overworking the people, in fact, it was a matter of course for the emperor to build his own palace in the eyes of the people of the world.
As long as you have a good sense of proportion and don't just care about your own happiness and make the world boil, otherwise it is normal behavior to build a palace, or demolish and rebuild the place where you live, and build again.
As long as the interests of too many nobles are not harmed, and the people can still eat and drink, and live their lives, generally speaking, no one will label the emperor as extravagant and lustful.
What's more, Li Po was the founder of the country, and his power was much stronger than that of the emperors in peacetime. He was careful here, restraining his various desires (harmony).
On the contrary, it made the ministers very uncomfortable. They felt that the emperor paid too much attention to his own reputation, and he might even whisper a few words behind his back. The emperor was from a low background and was used to a hard life, so he became like this after becoming the emperor.
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Well, on the surface, he praised the emperor for being wise, powerful, and people-oriented...
Li Po was well aware of the flirtatious manipulations of his ministers, and the Military Intelligence Department would report some gossip from a period of time.
Today someone talked nonsense while drunk and was very disrespectful to the emperor. Tomorrow, a woman in a certain family died of illness. She was probably poisoned to death. No one reported the case, so the incident was hastily...
In a place like Chang'an, where gossip is everywhere and where serious matters of right and wrong are concerned, you'd better be careful when you drink too much, and you have to find the right person when you speak your mind, otherwise something might happen.
Yun Dingxing, for example, was loyal to the emperor and never said a bad word about the emperor.
When he wrote the letter, he was also full of flattering words, and he cared more about the emperor's affairs than his own affairs. Li Po couldn't help but feel that he should control the atmosphere a little...
