These days, Chu Suiliang, Lu Dunxin, and Lu Qingye were very busy.
According to the old practice, students from all over the country need to submit greeting cards and visit several scientific examination officials in advance. The first is to confirm the identity of the reference student, and the second is to recognize the familiar face to prevent someone from impersonating and ruining others' access to the examination room.
As a result, the three of them only have free time to gather together every night after closing the door to discuss the scientific examination system.
After the debate at the inn that day, Qin Huaidao made three requests to Chu Suiliang for this scientific examination.
First, all students are treated equally, and no special treatment is allowed because of closeness or fame. Second, all candidates are required to seal their papers, and the grading officials are not allowed to know the names of the students to prevent the spread of corruption. Third, talents should be selected in an eclectic way.
There must be all-rounders, but also talents who are particularly outstanding in a certain field.
In the old days, the imperial examination was a two-level system, requiring students from all over the country to obtain the qualification of "Gongsheng" in the local examination before they were eligible to participate in the joint examination in the capital and further pass the "Jinshi" examination. Nowadays, the students gathered in Chang'an are basically Gongsheng.
These Gongsheng students range in age, ranging from forty to fifty. The youngest is probably Lang Xue Yuanchao, the high-spirited young man in white that day at the inn. He has already obtained the qualification of Gongsheng students at the age of eighteen. Although he is arrogant, he has confidence.
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There are three subjects in the examination, namely essays, essays on classics, and policy questions. Essays are articles such as poems, poems, verses, admonitions, and inscriptions. Tiejing focuses on the accumulation of books, specifically testing students' memory of the contents of old volumes. The reason for policy questions
The emperor asked questions, and the students answered them. Most of the questions were about important matters related to the governance of the country, the national economy and the people's livelihood.
According to Qin Huaidao's request, the three men made corresponding changes in the original imperial examination system.
The first is the change in the content of the examination. Among the original three subjects, four optional subjects, namely medicine, art of war, mathematics and manufacturing, are added. This is because His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty believes that although it is important to ask questions about the classics and policies in the world, the other ones are the real influence.
Although the focus of the social development of the Han Dynasty was not detailed, Chu Suiliang could feel that His Majesty attached great importance to these four ways.
Considering that students have not understood the new content in advance, several examiners have added supplementary regulations to these regulations. These four categories are optional. Students may choose to choose them or not, and the final score will not be added to the examiner's score.
as one of the additional reference conditions.
Due to the special subjects, even those who do not have the status of tribute students, as long as they can achieve outstanding results in the four categories of subjects, will still be included in the list of recruited talents by the imperial court. They can be admitted to the business class or directly to the Science and Technology Museum. How to decide, in the end, they will still be the emperor
Your Majesty has the final say.
After the specific details were discussed, Chu Suiliang submitted the new imperial examination system to Qin Huaidao for review.
Regarding the two items of numerology and manufacturing, Qin Huaidao had a desire to try. Although the entire numerology and manufacturing did not form a good system in the early Tang Dynasty, and there were not many people studying it, everything must have a beginning. This time
The imperial examination was the beginning of his vigorous development of mathematics and manufacturing.
Without the support of these two talents, how can science and technology develop and how can society progress?
So when he received the document submitted by Chu Suiliang, he quickly passed it without looking at it carefully.
A few years later, when future generations looked back at history, they found that these two new subjects did not cause much splash in the scientific examinations at that time. It can be said that there will be new people coming out in large numbers every year, promoting the progress of society, until
Entering a new era.
Because it was the first year of the founding of the Han Dynasty and the reign name was the first year of Qin Wu, this reform of the imperial examination system was also called the "Spring of Hundreds of Schools."
After the new imperial examination system was announced, many students discussed it and did not understand the two new subjects. Not many students even signed up to refer to these two new subjects.
Some students from Shannan Province believe that the extra four subjects are just a burden if they do not affect the final grades and results.
Besides, in the eyes of these students who are accustomed to reading old books and ancient scrolls, numerology and manufacturing are just trivial matters after all. A man should stand upright and learn how to organize a family, govern a country, and bring peace to the world, and work with numbers and tools all day long.
Laughing your ass off?
Such thoughts have long been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and even ordinary people think so.
Therefore, the edicts issued after the Shili State Banquet stated that scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were all equal. They could not be understood by the people and officials everywhere, and it was difficult to implement them. In addition, transportation was inconvenient. Even if they wanted to enforce it, the sky was high, the emperor was far away, and Chang'an was beyond reach.
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Qin Huaidao knew all these things well. He issued a decree when he founded the country, not to force changes in a short period of time, but to set up a banner for Chang'an, the states, and the world. Qin Huaidao knew that some people were unwilling to change, and some were unwilling to change.
It doesn't matter if people don't want to be equal to those common people. Qin Huaidao is willing, and whether it takes one year, ten years, or a hundred years, he must achieve it.
The tiny streams will eventually converge into the sea. This is the will of the times.
Within Chang'an.
Those who are on the sidelines and those who are committed to the cause are finally moved.
"Brother Han, I don't care if you want it or not, I'm going anyway. His Majesty the Emperor of Han is so sincere, how can I, Li Chunfeng, stick to the old ways and hold on to the same old ideas? But if you are still so hesitant, you have to
The opportunity was missed." Li Chunfeng looked at the person from the Mo clan.
Since the unification of Qin Shihuang, the disciples of the Mohist sect have been hunted to the ends of the earth. It is not easy to pass down the academic tradition. The man surnamed Han has the desire to serve the country, but he is stuck in the sect's rules and cannot completely make up his mind.
He, Li Chunfeng, was proficient in astronomy, calendar, mathematics, etc., and was even better at the Tao of Yin and Yang, and he was not bound by any sect. Although he was an official of the Taishi Bureau of the previous dynasty, he was from the previous dynasty after all and had already passed his time. If he wanted to be reused, he naturally wanted to participate.
Momen is completely different.
After being retaliated by Emperor Qin, the surviving Momen tycoon once established a sect rule. All Momen disciples from his generation to the future must swear a poisonous oath before entering the school and are not allowed to participate in the wars between nations. All research and manufacture of
Tools can only be used for people's livelihood.
If not, Momen will be destroyed again sooner or later.
Seeing that the man surnamed Han was moved but still hesitant, Li Chunfeng comforted him: "I know that the Mo sect has rules, but those rules were from many years ago? Qin Shihuang's tyranny, is the current emperor also a tyranny? You and I
I have been listening to His Majesty's legends all the way, and at the state banquet, His Majesty even shouted that all people are created equal, isn't such an emperor worthy of your service?"
"What's more, when you and I join the imperial court, we are not serving His Majesty, but the people of the world. If we can benefit the people of the world, it doesn't matter if you and I die hundreds of times. If we are not afraid of death, how can we stop small rules?
Brother Han?”
"This scientific expedition is both empirical evidence and an opportunity. You can let the world see if your creation can be implemented, and the world may also take this opportunity to feel the glory of Mo Sect again, right?"