Chapter 188 A little king of hell comes to the Imperial College
The house that Lao Zhu "lent" to Guanxue was the same house that Xu Huizu "donated" before.
The house was originally well maintained, so Chen Nan could open it by setting up a few tables.
And now that with Zhu Bai's funding, Chen Nanbin was emboldened and immediately posted a notice at the door to start recruiting students.
Anyone who meets the requirements for the imperial examination can come to the official school to register.
Since it is an official school in the capital, it naturally cannot have a high-end name like the lower states and counties, called "Guoxue" or "Guozijian".
No matter whether you are an official or a civilian, you are a teacher and a student when you enter the Imperial College.
But on the first day it opened for recruitment, very few people came to sign up.
Zhu Bai took a look and said: This won't work. No one will sign up, and I can't choose anyone.
After he returned to the palace, he sneaked to the imperial study room to find Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao had just finished handling the memorials to be dealt with today and were chatting at the moment.
Seeing Zhu Bai come in with a depressed look on his face, Lao Zhu Ni looked at him sideways and said, "What's wrong? She's wilting."
Zhu Bai tilted his head and said: "Father, I have heard that some people are very capable, but not good at taking exams. For example, my father is the best in the world in martial arts and arts, but if he wants to take the imperial examination seriously, he may not be able to do so."
Only those scholars who can pass the examination will win the first prize. My son, even worse, may not even be able to pass the provincial examination."
Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao were amused by his resentful tone and laughed out loud.
Lao Zhu: "Sir, I didn't expect you to be quite self-aware."
Zhu Bosan laughed sarcastically: "That's right. The imperial examination is held once every three years. Some people may only have one chance if they have a hard time in ten years. It will be a loss for the candidates. If only rotten scholars who are good at examinations can be recruited, it will also be a loss for the court."
Lao Zhu snorted: "Yeah. That's why we have the method of 'detecting and promoting talented people'. But the quality of the people recommended is not good."
Zhu Bai said: "The disadvantage of 'recruiting talented people' is that it only requires one person's approval to recommend, without any assessment. If this person has selfish motives, or only hears about the reputation and does not understand the person being recommended, the recommendation will be made in the end.
Naturally the quality of the people who come here is not good."
Lao Zhu touched his chin and asked: "Listening to what you mean, is there a good way?"
Zhu Bai said: "Entrance to the Imperial College requires examinations, intermediate and final exams, and there is a hard indicator of test scores. Moreover, the masters get along with the students every day and know the students' knowledge, abilities and conduct well. If the students perform well in the Imperial College,
Master, I can recommend it directly to my father and try it out. This saves the three-year cycle and allows good people to be used as soon as possible."
Lao Zhu said: "Grade scores can be faked. Besides, Chen Nanbin doesn't have the final say alone."
Zhu Biao: "Now there is only Master Chen in the Imperial College. If there are more masters in the future, we can adopt a two-thirds recognition system. That is, students only need to get the recommendation signatures of four masters out of six masters."
Lao Zhu lowered his eyes and thought about this matter: We can't let the Imperial College only have people from the civil service group. In the future, it will probably be half and half between Huaixi and the civil service group.
If it can be recognized by two-thirds of the people, it at least proves that this person can take both sides and is indeed talented.
Well, that's a good idea.
Lao Zhu raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Bai: "Let's add insurance to this matter. This recommendation list needs to be signed by the prince or you to be valid."
It would be best if Zhu Biao knew the recommended person, but he would be very busy in the future and might not have time to go to the Imperial College. Zhu Bai hung around the Imperial College all day long, and he looked at people with a very vicious eye.
Zhu Bai's face wrinkled up: "Don't get involved in this matter."
Speaking of which, the person he liked was also liked by the masters, and they had to force him to sign and send it to Lao Zhu for use.
Seeing that he was unwilling, Lao Zhu immediately understood what he was thinking and sneered: "Yes, I must."
Zhu Bai continued to pester, but Lao Zhu ignored him and asked Zhu Biao directly: "What do you think?"
Zhu Biao said: "My father is still thoughtful. My son and I fully agree."
Then the two father and son excitedly discussed the details.
Zhu Bai achieved his goal and yawned in boredom.
Lao Zhu glanced at him: "You fell asleep in the Imperial College all day, haven't you had enough sleep yet? Go back quickly, don't bother us here."
Zhu Bai hurriedly saluted: "Hey, I'm leaving. Brother, I'm leaving."
Then he ran away in a flash.
In the morning, Zhu Biao personally read out this imperial edict.
An undercurrent suddenly surged in the court hall.
This imperial edict completely changed the effectiveness of the Imperial College.
It used to be a welfare organization that helped poor students, but now it has become an official pre-selection agency.
After entering the Imperial College, you have already touched the door of an official career.
In view of Lao Zhu's question yesterday, no one said anything. Even if they want to go to the Imperial College now, no one dares to show it. They only echoed: "The Emperor is wise."
"This is an excellent supplement to the imperial examination."
Some officials also stood up and said: "The King of Xiang is young and has too much power."
Lao Zhu picked his ears: "These words make our ears calloused. Don't say the same thing again in the future. It's annoying."
No one dared to object anymore.
With this imperial edict, the number of people coming to the Imperial College to register increased from one or two to twenty.
The number is still very small, and most of them are descendants of officials.
Zhu Bai knew a few of them, and they all wanted to join the Military and Horse Division and the Guan Ya Bureau but were rejected by him.
Chen Nanbin became more and more disappointed.
Zhu Bai comforted him and said, "Master, don't worry. You probably don't know about the Imperial College yet. It will be fine in a few days."
In fact, Zhu Bai can completely understand the students' wait-and-see attitude.
For a commoner with no background, participating in the imperial examination is a path that costs a lot of money and has uncertain returns.
When Lao Zhu founded the Yingtian Dynasty, there were 65 people who were awarded the three titles of Duke, Marquis and Uncle alone.
This does not include officials from the six ministries and various relatives of the emperor.
A student from a poor family may study hard for ten years, pass five tests and win six, and survive until the end, but he may be squeezed out by someone with just a name card.
And even if you pass the exam, your salary is very low.
Without a little bit of ambition and perseverance, you would not have taken this path.
Chen Nanbin: "Ashamed, ashamed. A humble minister is too knowledgeable, so others may look down upon him."
Zhu Bai thought for a moment, pointed at the list on the table and said, "Master needs to establish his authority."
If the entrance examination of the Imperial College is strict and fair, it will at least give everyone a little confidence.
Chen Nanbin glanced at the list in front of him: "Yeah."
The first examination was held at the Imperial College.
Only twenty people took the exam.
Ten common people, ten officials' sons.
Exactly half.
Zhu Bai and Chen Nanbin personally invigilated the exam.
Those ten officials' sons were not very afraid of Chen Nanbin, but they were quite afraid of Zhu Bai.
They were originally here to fight for their father, but it was obvious that no one could beat Zhu Bai...
