The separation of military and political affairs has always been a red line for Li Xuan. Whoever dares to cross will die!
At present, there are only three armed forces of the Tang Dynasty, the Army of the Tang Dynasty, the Navy of the Tang Dynasty, and the Guards. Other armed forces are not allowed to exist, no matter what Liu Bagou wanted to do before.
Both the tax corps and the current armed patrols must be strictly prohibited.
The reason for banning named troops is not to say that such troops are useless, but because of the separation of military and political considerations. Military generals fight and civilians govern the country. Don't make it like the Ming Dynasty, where one was weak and only read a few military books.
Civil servants can command tens of thousands of troops.
Therefore, even if there is an anti-smuggling team, a tax corps, an armed patrol force, etc., they must be established under the name of the army, and they cannot be placed under the cabinet.
Therefore, Li Xuan's handling of this kind of dispute was straightforward and decisive!
After finishing today's memorial, it was already past 12 noon. Li Xuan did not go back to the harem to have a meal. Instead, he ate directly in the front hall. He also called several ministers on duty to eat together.
Its name: Give Meal!
Yes, even having lunch is work for Li Xuan and has political implications.
Occasionally, he would invite his ministers to eat with him. Although it was impossible for these ministers to eat happily in front of him, they would not be full because they were very cautious. But it did not matter if they were not full, but in their hearts
Will be very happy.
Because for them, this means that their holy family is prosperous and they are not marginalized!
While eating, Li Xuan would inevitably say a few words about government affairs. Although it was just a few words, for the ministers, this was actually a form of handing over tasks, but there was no morning court meeting or imperial meeting or formal audience.
It's just formal.
At noon today, Li Xuan said to the Minister of Rites Zuo who was on duty in the palace today: "I heard that this morning, the students in the Imperial College got into a fight. What's going on?"
While Li Xuan was talking, he was picking up vegetables to eat himself, but Xu Li, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, immediately put down his chopsticks and said, "Your Majesty, I just found out about this!"
"As far as I know, the students who were fighting in the Imperial College belonged to the School of Liberal Arts and the School of Science. The reason for the fight was an academic dispute. The impact of this matter is extremely bad. I will deal with it impartially and seriously!"
As Xu Li spoke, he secretly looked at Li Xuan's expression. He was slightly relieved when he saw that Li Xuan's expression was as usual.
He became angry when he mentioned this. The Ministry of Rites was in charge of education, diplomacy, etiquette and other matters in the Tang Dynasty, and education was naturally the main job of the Ministry of Rites. This work was also carried out by him, the second-in-command of the Ministry of Rites, and the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites.
Personally in charge.
The Imperial College is naturally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. There was a group fight among dozens of students in the Imperial College. This was a disgrace to the Ministry of Rites and even to the Tang Dynasty. As soon as he knew about it, he dealt with it extremely seriously.
However, this matter has not been dealt with yet. Even though he was recruited and given meals, he also did not expect that this matter would spread to His Majesty's ears so quickly.
Naturally, he did not dare to think that His Majesty would not know, and he was prepared to report it today.
But I didn’t expect His Majesty to know so quickly. The people from the Investigation and Statistics Department of the Hanlin Academy are so pervasive!
When he thought of the Survey and Statistics Department of the Hanlin Academy, he was a little worried. Although the name of this organization was a bit nondescript, and it didn't sound harmful.
But people with a little bit of political awareness can come to a conclusion after seeing the actions of the Survey and Statistics Section of the Hanlin Academy and the weird and huge organizational structure. Isn't this the Tang Dynasty version of the Jinyiwei? Well, maybe it is still the Jinyiwei.
A complex with East Factory and West Factory.
Nowadays, those hawks and dogs who call themselves Hantong have spread all over Guangdong, Guangxi and Guangxi. There are hawks and dogs of Hantong everywhere. These overt spies are okay, but the more terrifying ones are the secret spies.
No matter which minister he is, he can't guarantee that there are no spies of Hantong among the people around him!
There was a big fuss in the Imperial College today, and the people from Hantong will definitely report it to His Majesty as soon as possible.
Alas, not long after the Hantong was established, the information was already so well-informed. Although it is not yet seen that Hantong's people have killed hundreds of officials, Xu Li firmly believes that this is just a disguise of Hantong. In time,
These Hantong people will surpass the warriors in the military and become the confidant of the cabinet officials.
Xu Li was thinking about Hantong, but Li Xuan was thinking about education!
According to Hantong's report, this time the School of Liberal Arts and the School of Science in the Imperial College are fighting, it is not just because of the dispute over academic concepts, but also involves more complicated matters, including the competition between the liberal arts department and the Jinshi department. In the final analysis, it is the current situation in Datang
Dynasty treats physics students and literature students differently.
According to the regulations on the appointment and dismissal of officials in the Tang Dynasty, the science students and liberal arts students in the Imperial College were directly awarded the title of civil servant after graduation. In other words, they can take the imperial examination after graduation. Although it is okay if they fail to pass the imperial examination, after graduation successfully
Those who obtain the title of Juren can directly become an official. However, for many students, it is not a journey after all, and their future prospects are always limited.
Therefore, any student who has some pursuits is willing to continue to take the examination, and then win the title of Jinshi or PhD.
At the same time, due to the emergence of the liberal arts major, most students in the School of Science apply for the liberal arts major. Once they are admitted to postdoctoral positions, their starting point for employment is higher than that of the Jinshi major. This makes the Jinshi majors who have always set their sights on the top
The students were naturally very unhappy.
In their view, they are full of talents in poetry and calligraphy, while those academic students are just a group of craftsmen. They only study arithmetic, physics, chemistry and other such nonsense. Then they, liberal arts students, became officials after passing the Jinshi examination.
Not as good as a doctorate!
Similarly, in fact, those students who are studying science and preparing to apply for doctoral programs also look down on those students in the liberal arts college, thinking that they only know how to read and do nothing all day long. They can't do anything except write eight-legged articles.
Both parties looked down on each other, and the conflict naturally got deeper and deeper in the end. This morning, it was just a few students from the School of Science and the School of Liberal Arts who mocked each other and then started fighting. However, the young students were a little impulsive, and finally started calling out friends.
The result was a group fight with dozens of people.
Li Xuan naturally didn't bother to pay attention to the fights between students, but this reflected some of the current educational problems in the Tang Dynasty.
That is Li Xuan's goal of promoting science, but he will still encounter great resistance.
However, Li Xuan will not compromise because of this. Now he is just offering a doctoral degree. In the future, he even plans to carry out reforms in the Jinshi degree, including physics, chemistry, and arithmetic as compulsory examinations, and is
Increase importance.
The ultimate goal is to combine it with the Jinshi and Doctoral examinations to form his ideal imperial examination model for selecting talents.
So he thought for a moment and then said: "Education is related to the foundation of the empire. Xu Aiqing must strictly supervise the students' studies and not let them cause trouble. In addition, the number of doctoral enrollment you planned some time ago is still a little lower.
In this way, let’s increase the number to eighty people!”
Previously, there were only thirty candidates for the doctoral program for the new round of imperial examinations planned by the Ministry of Rites. Although it was twice as many as this year's Dengji Enke, Li Xuan thought it was not enough. If there were not candidates who applied for the doctoral program,
There are not enough, he wants to directly recruit two to three hundred students.
After hearing this, Xu Li naturally could only say that he obeyed the order.
The emperor's words were oral edicts. In today's Tang Dynasty system, where imperial power was highly centralized, oral edicts were no different from formal imperial edicts issued in plain text. The only difference was that Li Xuan could deny the oral edict at any time, but he could not deny it in plain text.
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However, after leaving the palace, Xu Li had a headache. After the doctoral program increased the number of admissions to 80, would it be necessary to reduce the number of Jinshi subjects? Otherwise, the total number of doctoral students admitted at this moment would be feared.
It is about to exceed 500 people.
If this number increases, although it can effectively alleviate the current official shortage in the Tang Dynasty, it will also greatly reduce the value of the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty. If anyone can be admitted to the Jinshi or doctorate, this will make outsiders
, especially those in the Ming Dynasty who made fun of it.
In the end, Xu Li also knew that His Majesty was committed to promoting the development of the doctoral program and had always maintained a non-supportive and non-objective attitude towards the Jinshi program. As a close minister of His Majesty, it was his duty to share the worries of His Majesty. Since His Majesty wanted to let the Ph.D.
If the number of people in the subject is large and the number of people in the Jinshi subject is small, then you have to do this.
So when he left the palace, Xu Li had already made up his mind. He went back to discuss with several cabinet bosses and reduced the number of new academic scholars admitted in the spring examination of the third year of Xuanping to about 300, and then added
There are 80 doctoral students in the new department. Even if it is 380 people, judging from the expected number of students applying for the exam, it is about one out of four.
Although the standard is still a bit high, it is still not as exaggerated as three to one or even two to one.
However, if this happens, those who are admitted to the Jinshi program will probably complain, and perhaps more students will be encouraged to study for the doctoral program!
Because the competition for the Jinshi program is fierce, the competition for the doctoral program is not so great, and the number of admissions is increasing year by year. Those students who study to become officials will definitely not fail to see this trend.
Therefore, after the group fight in the Imperial College, the Ministry of Rites issued a new official document, claiming that it would significantly increase the number of admissions to new doctorates, and announced that the joint examination would be held in February of the third year of Xuanping, and the successful candidates would be extremely distinguished.
The imperial examinations for the Jinshi and Doctoral programs will be held in March, and the winners will be the new Jinshi and the new Ph.D.!