Lu Dai smiled faintly: "Master Lu, your Majesty has entrusted you with the imperial examination, which shows your trust in you."
Lu You hurriedly saluted and said: "Master Lu is overly praised. I am just lucky. There is no better way than Master Lu to gain the trust of His Majesty."
It is no secret that Lu Dai is Lu Yu's close minister.
As the first king of the realm among the Eighteen Kings of the Netherworld to fall to Lu Yu, no one understood Lu Dai at first, but now everyone is amazed by Lu Dai's unique vision.
Before Emperor Qin attacked Netherworld, no one could have imagined that he could sweep across Netherworld at such a fast speed.
As for Lu Dai, as a hero of Conglong, everyone could see that he would be a favorite in the future.
Lu Dai said: "I wonder how Mr. Lu plans to carry out the imperial examination?"
Lu You's face immediately became serious: "Selecting talents for the country naturally requires strict requirements to ensure that they are consistent with the standards of heaven."
Lu Dai shook his head: "Didn't Mr. Lu think about it on a deeper level?"
Lu You was stunned for a moment.
Although he is also a leader among the younger generation, he has not thought too deeply about it.
Lu Dai said: "Your Majesty holds the imperial examination, firstly to select talents, and secondly to appease the geniuses in the netherworld. These people enter the government, have the luck of the dynasty, and have a generous salary supply. After a long time, they will naturally return home.
.”
Lu You nodded and said nothing.
Lu Dai said in a deep voice: "But you should also consider the objective facts. All living beings in the Netherworld have been living under the law of the jungle where strength is supreme since childhood. There is no Confucianism or Legalism here. Everything is based on strength.
Lord, many people have not learned how to govern a country and bring peace to the country."
Lu You suddenly woke up: "You mean..."
Lu Dai said: "You should know that the Dayu court had the North and South List case."
The North-South Ranking Case refers to the imperial examination held in the 30th year of Emperor Gaozu of Dayu. Most of the Jinshi admitted were students from wealthy places such as Imperial Capital, Luoshui and Lieyang in the north. On the other hand, students from harsh places in the south such as Barbarian Frontier were
students, but none were admitted.
This incident aroused strong dissatisfaction among students in Manjiang and other places. They jointly signed a letter demanding fair treatment.
In fact, the students from these places are indeed excellent in terms of martial arts. However, the training resources available to the students from the north in a wealthy land are naturally not comparable to those from the barbaric frontiers.
What's more, most of the barbarian frontier lands are desolate, and many places even lead a life of eating hair and drinking blood, lacking education. This results in the literary examinations of barbarian frontier students often being unable to compete with northern students.
Just imagine, one is studying scriptures in the academy all day long, and the other is hunting monsters in the wild forest. If the two of them compete in the essay test, it will be difficult to compare them.
In order to solve this problem, Emperor Gaozu of Dayu ordered the imperial examination to be divided into northern and southern parts, and divided into northern and southern parts according to different regions.
For areas such as the Barbarian Frontier, the Southern Volume was set up to be easier than the Northern Volume. At the same time, quotas were allocated, and it was stipulated that at least 30% of the students from the South should be selected to become Jinshi.
Lu You nodded: "Of course I understand. What do you mean by asking me to follow the example of Emperor Gaozu and set up a set of Netherworld Scrolls?"
Lu Dai smiled and said, "I didn't say that the examiner designated by His Majesty is you."
"In addition, let me remind you one more thing. After Emperor Gaozu established the Northern and Southern Examinations, some people took advantage of this loophole and secretly changed their household registration to Manjiang in order to obtain easier examination papers. Every year, the Ministry of Rites detects many
People who change their nationality and take exams.”
Lu You said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Lu, for reminding me."