"Supervisor Zhang, Huaiyu is in Jiangzhou now, what are you busy with?"
Qizhou, Jiucheng Palace, Li Shimin boating on Xihai Lake,
Accompanied by Zhang Anan, the chamberlain supervisor on the dragon boat, facing the emperor's seemingly careless inquiry, the Great Diao Temple raised his hand and replied,
"A secret agent from the Imperial City Department sent back news from Jiangzhou that the Duke of Jin and his eldest son Wu Chengsi arrived in Jiangzhou a few days ago..."
General Wu Huaiyu reported every move he made after arriving in Jiangzhou, his tone was calm and did not contain any personal feelings, even though the Duke of Jin was his adopted grandson-in-law.
Wu Huaiyu inspected the officials in Jiangzhou and promoted some people, demoted some people, dismissed some people, and recruited some new people.
He also rejected the arrangement of changing Jiangzhou Tongjunfu into Jiangzhou Hujunfu, and even believed that there was no need to set up a marriage office and a tent house.
Even one-third of the future tariffs for the proposed Jiangzhou Banknote Pass were voluntarily declined, and it was suggested that the share should be left to Jiangzhou, one prefecture, and three counties for people's livelihood.
Wu Huaiyu did not open a palace in Jiangzhou, nor did he set up a state affairs department. He also refused to transfer the Jiangzhou Tongjun Palace to his name, and did not want to choose the descendants of Pinguan as his bride. In the tent...
After hearing this, the emperor did not show any surprise on his face.
Zhang Anan did not look at the emperor and lowered his head, but from the corner of his eye he could still feel the calmness on the emperor's face. Did the emperor already know this, or had he expected this?
No matter what it was, it was actually within Zhang Ananda’s expectation.
The two have known each other for many years and are very familiar with each other. Emperor Zhenguan is an extraordinary emperor, and nothing can exceed his expectations.
Of course, Zhang Ananda also knew the emperor very well, and there was nothing the emperor could do beyond his expectations.
Zhang Ananda was silent when he saw the emperor.
Then he continued to report,
"After Jiangzhou officials have completed the inspection, they are making adjustments and announcements,"
"Jiangzhou has started the third-level examination for the by-election of officials. The preliminary examination is in progress. Nine hundred people are allowed to register, six hundred local Jiangzhou registered scholars, and three hundred Jiangzhou non-local scholars, as long as they are between the ages of twenty and forty.
All ages are acceptable.”
"Is there an age limit?" Li Shimin asked with an ooh.
There is actually no strict age limit for imperial examinations. If you are capable, you can take part even if you are eleven or twelve years old. Of course, the prerequisite is that you must be a tribute recommended by the state governor, or a state student, or a student of the Imperial College or the Imperial College.
The governor also has a guarantee responsibility when recommending tribute students, especially those in the scholar department. If they are not capable enough, they will be held accountable. Therefore, generally the governor does not dare to recommend candidates randomly, resulting in sometimes that there are no candidates in the scholar department.
Every year, some teenagers or gray-haired men in their 50s and 60s take part in the imperial examinations.
Li Shimin was a little surprised when Jiangzhou local government selected several officials, but Wu Huaiyu had to take the third-level examination and imposed so many restrictions.
"I heard that the Prime Minister Wu said that this examination is for the by-election of officials, so the written words and body judgment are very important. This body must not only have a good appearance and good facial features, but also be young and strong, in his teens or fifty or sixty years old. It is not suitable at all.
Suitable·····"
When the emperor heard about the third-level exam, he even made it very strict and refused to accept interviews before the exam. During the exam, the candidates were separated into small rooms in the exam booth, and strict inspections were conducted to prevent fraud.
The first name of the paper will be re-copied, and then handed over to the examiner for marking. Finally, Wu Huaiyu will check it again, and finally the government examination ranking...
This Jiangzhou examination method is really more stringent than the imperial examination.
Of the 900 people selected through the qualification examination, only 30 candidates were selected.
The elimination rate is also very high.
Such a strict examination is to select scholars purely on the basis of talent. This is something that the imperial court cannot do now. The imperial examination, scholar, Jinshi, Mingjing, Mingshu, Mingfa, Mingshu and other subjects, the scholar subject is one year.
One or two, sometimes even none, is the most difficult.
There are two levels of Jinshi, and only a dozen or so can be admitted in a year. There are four levels of Mingjing, but only twenty or thirty people are admitted in total. The other Mingshi subjects are also divided into two levels, and not many are admitted.
And the gold content is not high, but only so many people are admitted every year.
However, it is not all about selecting candidates based on their talents. Instead, they go to visit the powerful poets before the exam. Before the exam, they are based on their talent, reputation, and family background. The examiner has already made a pre-determined list.
Whether you do well or not on the test is actually not that important.
The reason why there is such an imperial examination is that the emperor regarded the imperial examination as a small supplement to the imperial examination.
The recruitment of scholars in the Tang Dynasty was still mainly based on Men Yin.
The descendants of noble and high-ranking officials could join the officialdom through their family background. At most, they could accumulate seniority by serving as color servants, or they could accumulate seniority by paying wages and salaries. After accumulating seniority, they could participate in the selection and conferment of officials.
Only those without qualifications would consider taking the imperial examination.
But even if there is no family qualifications, the imperial examination is mainly open to powerful common people in those places, or concubines among the nobility.
Therefore, from the beginning, the imperial examination was not for the purpose of selecting talents and for fairness.
"Do you think you don't want Jiangzhou?"
Li Shimin stood on the bow of the dragon boat and stroked his beard,
Zhang Anan rolled up his sleeves and replied to the emperor, "The Duke of Jin has always opposed the enfeoffment of the mainland,"
"Do I really want to banish him to that deserted island in Yizhou?" Li Shimin shook his head.
This head cannot be opened. If Wu Huaiyu is granted the title and goes to Yizhou, what about the other heroes? Do they want to be granted the title of Barbarian? What about the emperor's younger brothers and princes? Do they also want to go to the border areas?
That is not what the emperor wants.
"He doesn't want it from the Protectorate Palace, but the two palaces in the tent always want the marriage."
"The Duke of Jin said that as a Duke, he already has a defense pavilion. He has a first-class official position. The court gave ninety-six people to the defense pavilion, which is enough."
The emperor thought for a while,
"Since Huaiyu doesn't want the Hujun Palace, nor does he want a marriage or tent palace, then let him do as he wishes."
If the Jiangzhou Tongjun Mansion is not changed to the Protectorate Mansion, the original expenditure for this government will no longer need to be paid by the Jiangzhou Governor.
In addition, there should have been more than 300 people in Wu Huaiyu's two palaces in the wedding hall.
"Let's pay a tuition fee to take the place of teaching. Pinzi is serving as a slave laborer and is kept in the prince's family account. You can also pay a fee to take the place of the class. How much is the fee for one person?"
Zhang Ananda said, "Two hundred coins a month,"
In short, a classmate needs to serve in sex service, which is also to accumulate the qualifications for officialdom. If he is not willing to serve in sex service, he can also pay to replace it. Anyway, it is only two months in a year, and four hundred dollars is nothing to them.
Wu Huaiyu voluntarily gave up the marriage affairs and the two palaces, and the imperial court asked those items to be converted into money and handed over to him. There were 334 people in total, and the money they paid for tutoring each month was equivalent to 66,800 yuan.
There are 800 strings in one year.
This is a considerable amount of income. Of course, for a feudal prince, this is actually nothing.
Give up more than 300 bodyguards in exchange for a subsidy of 800 guan a year.
The imperial court will definitely not suffer a loss. After all, the 800 yuan of money can be paid from the tax allocated to Jiangzhou. The wool still comes from the sheep.
Li Shimin stroked his beard,
Perhaps the governors and governors of other worldly feudal lords could also follow Wu Huaiyu's example and not set up a military palace, nor a marriage palace, nor a palace in the account, and directly give the money paid in the marriage account to the vassals.
