Almost everyone in the world knows why Yang Jian and his son launched the imperial examination.
It is the core purpose of the imperial examination to open the way for the children of poor families and to accept the talents of the world for their own use. However, the meaning of "Hanmen" here is different from that of later generations. It refers to the common people of poor families and has nothing to do with the common people.
They are also members of the nobility, but outside the ninth rank, they are alternate members of the powerful families. In the years when the formal system was prevalent in the ninth rank, they were generally officials among the officials.
The emperor saw that it was becoming more and more dangerous for aristocratic families to control the government, so he used the imperial examination system to break the nobility's control over power and various resources.
The imperial examination system was aimed at the aristocratic families, and more specifically at the system of selecting candidates for examination and examination. It used the common people to check and balance the aristocratic families, and used the imperial examination to eliminate the disadvantages of the examination and examination.
The imperial examination was not initiated by Yang Jian. It should have started in Nanchen, and it was more obvious in Nanliang. It was not until Yang Jian unified the world and began to hold high the banner of imperial examination, and Yang Guang followed. Unfortunately, the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty brought all this to an abrupt end.
Feng Deyi began to serve as an official in the imperial court during the Kaihuang period, and almost watched the entire process of the rise and fall of the imperial examination system. The fierce and dangerous struggle was no worse than the fight for the throne, or even worse.
For example, the famous founding official Gao Xi was the staunchest supporter of the Chaju system. At the same time, he was most famous for recommending many talented people to the court, which also showed in disguise that he was a beneficiary of the Chaju system.
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As the teacher of Prince Yang Yong, Yang Yong naturally stood on the teacher's side in the selection system.
Both Yang Guang and Yang Su were supporters of the imperial examination system. Although this would offend many nobles, they also gained the favor of Emperor Wen Yang Jian.
In the end, Yang Su defeated Gao Xi in a fight, and Yang Guang replaced Yang Yong. Do you think this has a vague shadow of the struggle over talent selection?
It was a war between the emperor and the powerful families, which lasted for decades and ended with the war in the late Sui Dynasty.
This kind of controversy over the great affairs of the imperial court penetrated into almost every corner of the political disputes in the imperial court, affecting the career, wealth and lives of countless people.
Figures like Yang Yong and Gao Xi are inevitable. The battles between princes and powerful ministers are all involved in this. Feng Deyi will shudder if he thinks about it for a moment.
Feng Deyi sighed in his heart. Ambitious emperors seemed to like to do such things. The greater the controversy, the more vigorously they did it. It only hurt "loyal" ministers like him.
Li Po looked at him, as if he had read through his mind, and said with a smile: "Why did we establish the world? The academy, of course, is famous for its large number of books... Li Shimin's literature museum is only a library and a few quiet rooms.
Now that I have it, how much more money do I need to spend to build an academy?
According to Qing’s wishes, no one can be recruited to study here? If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be very embarrassing? Hey, if the emperor’s face falls to the ground, many people in Chang’an will not be able to eat...”
There was some gloomy meaning in the words, and Feng Deyi felt a lot more at ease. This is true, it is just an academy, and it was built under the supervision of the royal family. There is really no need to worry about people coming without hearing the news.
As for the controversy over the imperial examination and the imperial examination, it is still too early to say. This should be just some preparations or a test move. It is nothing. After all, it is done so obscurely...
After doing a good job of psychological construction, Feng Deyi said in his heart, I am also so old, can you let us go through less troubles? The last time Zhe Chongfu set up a school, it made many people unhappy, and this time it happened again
If you want to rectify your country and build some kind of academy, well...it's really hard work for those who can do it.
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The matter was settled in this way. The Imperial College was originally under the joint management of Taichang Temple and Shaofu. Later, it became independent during the Daye period and had a lot more people, but its importance seemed to be less than that during the Kaihuang period.
It was also during the Daye period that Guozi Temple became the Imperial Academy, where the subjects taught were Guozi studies, Taixue, calligraphy, arithmetic, four subjects and five categories. It was regarded as an institution for the imperial court to cultivate talents.
In Li Po's opinion, this was actually quite meaningless. An Imperial College admitted hundreds of people a year, and only a few thousand people in ten years. Almost all of them were monopolized by nobles, and were incomparable with later educational institutions.
It can be said that from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the present, the education industry in the country has not developed much, and the phenomenon of knowledge monopoly has become more and more intense.
Let’s just talk about those people who started with him. 90% of them are illiterate and cannot even write big characters. The remaining 10% and 90% are literate but have not read a few books.
It was only after he entered Jinyang that things changed, because people from Jin's wealthy families finally came to him one after another, and noble families like Wang Pei joined them. Even so, he could still feel the lack of talents from time to time.
When I arrived in Chang'an, there were finally more talents, and I could vaguely see some competition, but it was still far behind... Without competition, how could there be progress?
This is a principle that has been established since ancient times, so we must work hard on selecting materials. However, the world is still in chaos, so it is not easy to make a big splash, so we can only try to make a small fuss with Tantan.
After Xiao Mian and Dou Jiande are eliminated, some things must be put on the agenda.
In this regard, he really has to thank Yang Jian and his son for their efforts, which prevented him, a latecomer, from becoming a pioneer. Otherwise, he didn't know how many years his life would have been shortened.
Although it is a bit more difficult now, there is a precedent and the resistance will be much lessened.
He is indeed different from Yang Guang. Yang Guang strives to be the first in everything and wants to be the first in the world, but he only wants to pick up the wisdom of others. He is really petty.
Therefore, he did not attach much importance to the Imperial College. Chang'an Academy was the focus, and it was almost done. There were also Luoyang Academy and Jinyang Academy.
Moreover, he actually did similar things when he was in Yunnei and Jinyang, but it was not on a large scale.
He didn't say anything to Feng Deyi, but he believed that Feng Deyi should understand what he meant and could handle the matter well, and his goal was to make Chang'an Academy a rare landmark building in Chang'an City.
If one day when people come to Chang'an, the first thing they think of is to go and have a look around Chang'an Academy, then it will be the time for things to come to fruition.
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Time passed day by day, and it entered the twelfth lunar month in the blink of an eye.
Chang'an has completely entered a period of stable transition. Hundreds of thousands of people did not lack food or clothing during this winter, and officials did not suffer large-scale purges.
After the Tang army took over the surrendered troops, they left and stayed, and no mutiny occurred.
All signs showed that the new emperor was not as vicious as previously rumored, and seemed to be quite benevolent. As a result, the officials and the people gradually felt at ease and slowly returned to their normal lives.
Just as we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, changes in the court are continuing. New political and military groups are integrating into the old system, and they are also changing the old structure of Chang'an.
In the autumn, there were rebellions in the counties, and some cities were still defending. The defenders were unwilling to surrender for various reasons, so the war continued until winter, when everyone stopped.
On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month [Biquge www.boquge.co], news of the great victory in Sichuan came belatedly.
As Li Po expected, most of the losses of world-famous passes like Jianmen Pass were due to crimes other than war.
There was a disturbance in Jinguan City first. After hearing that Chai Shao had stopped fighting with Liang Jun and sending a letter to comfort him, Liu Hongji, the general of You Xiaowei, finally bowed his head to Li Xiaogong and was willing to obey his orders.
However, Li Xiaogong's son Li Chongyi, the governor of Yizhou, was instigated by others and led his men to surround and kill Liu Hongji on his way back to Tongzhou.
But Liu Hongji dared to come to see Li Xiaogong and was well prepared. Not to mention leaving Jinguan City, even in Jinguan City, he did not believe that anyone could kill him.
So Li Chongyi was in trouble. He wanted to kill someone, but he was surrounded by others.
After catching Li Chongyi, Liu Hongji was naturally furious, thinking that Li Xiaogong was dishonest and wanted to kill him, but he still hesitated whether Li Chongyi wanted to kill him because of a personal grudge.
But Li Chongyi thought he was the prince of Zhao County, and Liu Hongji did not dare to kill him, so he cursed him loudly, calling him a horse thief and a scoundrel. Finally, Liu Hongji became angry and killed Li Chongyi with a single blow.
At this point, regardless of whether it was Li Xiaogong's intention or not, Liu Hongji had no way out, so he quickly returned to Tongzhou, raised his troops, and wanted to kill Yizhou. He simply killed Li Xiaogong without stopping.
This was obviously an accidental incident, but given the situation at the time, without Li Chongyi, there would have been Liu Chongyi to stir up trouble. The building would collapse, and chaos would be the inevitable result.
Li Chongyi was killed by Liu Hongji, and the news soon spread back to Jinguan City. Not only what happened to Li Xiaogong, but Huang Junhan, the governor of Yizhou, and others were shocked when they heard the news, and they all urged the king to organize the army and prepare for war.
In such a chaotic time, the news spread several times faster than usual, and soon reached the ears of Dou Dan, the governor of Mianzhou and the right-leading general.
Now Prince Consort Dou's attention is focused on Jianmen. The army is pressing down in front of Jianmen Pass. If he can hold it, he can breathe for a while. If he cannot hold it, his Mianzhou will change hands in an instant.
Dou Dan has made a lot of progress in these years. He made some military exploits with Xue Ju's army. After entering Shu with the army, he first became the governor of Liangzhou. Just because he said some mean things about Li Xiaogong's strategy, he later followed Liu Hongji, Chai Shao and others.
Li Xiaogong didn't like people who were seeking great power.
Finally, on the grounds that Dou Dan was ineffective in fighting against the Huatou barbarians in Hanzhong, he was transferred back to Xingtai in central Shu and became a minister of the Ministry of Justice. Later, someone in the capital helped Dou Dan speak up, and he was transferred to the governor of Mianzhou.
Mianzhou is located behind Jianmen and is closely related to Jianmen. Once there is a war in Jianmen, Mianzhou must supply food and grass, send reinforcements to Jianmen, and guard against enemies sneaking in from the Yinping Trail. It is regarded as the defense of Jianmen.
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After the news of the fall of Xijing spread to Shu, it goes without saying that Dou Dan felt depressed. His family members were all in Chang'an, and now he was leaving his tail in the hands of that despicable villain...