But Zong Yuanrao next to him had a slightly troubled expression on his face.
This nine-to-one ratio itself is the compromise of major aristocratic families, including local aristocratic families, to the imperial court, even for the sake of Xu Ling's face. Doesn't Zong Yuanrao know what those who come from Xu Ling's family will be like?
If he really had to choose talents, he would rather hire all the people from Chengdu Academy.
But this would be tantamount to offending all the aristocratic families. After all, among these disciples, there are certainly children from aristocratic families, but there are also a large number of poor families. The aristocratic families will not just watch the rise of such an upright family.
After thinking about it, Zong Yuanrao still said with difficulty: "After all, Chengdu Academy is still young, and the talents it cultivates will probably be uneven..."
Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows, clearly showing an unhappy look, while Yao Cha next to him said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, this year we will only select the best among the students of Chengdu Academy. According to the original plan, every student in Chengdu Academy will be selected.
Everyone must have studied for at least one year, and now we can select those who have only studied for one year, which is an exception. I think it is actually inappropriate to continue to increase the number of places."
This is tantamount to Yao Cha avoiding this issue by playing tricks, at least delaying it until next year. But in fact, according to what he said, it is tantamount to making the increase in quotas next year a foregone conclusion. As the founder of Chengdu Academy, Yao Cha certainly doesn't mind.
Favor your own students.
The rest of the people present also noticed this problem, but the Bashu family itself has many children in Chengdu Academy, so for them this is actually not a bad thing. If we really talk about selecting talents and assessing talents,
There is no way they, the children of merchant families, can compare with the children of the Southeastern gentry.
The same principle also applies to the Guanlong Group. Yang Su had realized the importance of the academy a long time ago, so he simply let Li Yuan and other young children from the family enter the academy. In the future, the Han Dynasty will select talents.
There will definitely be an increasing preference to choose among these academies, and to a greater extent, select talents who truly have the ability to govern the country.
Then the rest are the Southeastern nobles, and all their eyes are focused on Shen Jungao, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
There are not a few officials from the southeastern gentry in the court, such as Luo Ya, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Kong Fan, the Minister of Rites. The most virtuous and respected ones, apart from King Gu Ye, who is the prime minister, must have experienced three dynasties.
The fallen Duke Shen and Shen Jungao.
Now His Majesty has just left the problem to the ministers. Naturally, it is not King Gu Ye's turn to speak yet. Looking at King Gu Ye who is concentrating with his eyes closed, he knows that this old man who is already sitting in the high position of Prime Minister does not
How could you be willing to be the first for a noble family?
In history, Shen Jungao went to Lingnan and fell ill due to acclimatization and eventually died young. However, obviously in this time and space, Shen Jungao's fate was also changed. He did not stay in Lingnan for a short time, and soon returned to Nanchen with him.
, entered the Han Dynasty as the Minister of Punishment, in charge of punishment, and had the highest status among the southeastern gentry among the six bureaus.
The Shen family is a wealthy family no matter what, with the Chen generation enjoying constant honors and favors. Shen Jungao succeeded his elder brother Shen Junli to take charge of the entire Shen family, and it goes without saying that he has the right to speak.
However, Shen Jungao seemed to be thinking about something at this time and did not notice the eyes on him.
Shen Jungao didn't say anything, and among the others, Luo Ya's background was not very good. His father and ancestors only served as small princes and joined the army, so they could only be regarded as coming from a poor family. Not to mention Kong Fan, as a southern Chen Chengchen
, he was able to save his life because he "abandoned the darkness and turned to the light" relatively early, and of course he would not be foolish enough to get into trouble.
For a moment, there was an unexpected silence and quietness in the imperial study room.
"Then all the ministers and ministers think that what Yao Qing's family said is reasonable?" Li Xingchen said with a smile.
"I second the proposal!" Wu Ping, the Minister of Industry, and Tang Zhengliang, the Minister of Commerce, stood up and said at the same time.
They represent the interests of industry and commerce. Of course, the academy gives the children of industry and commerce an alternative to inheriting the craftsmanship of their ancestors, another option for them to settle down and make a living, or even work hard to move forward, so they don't mind speaking out for this.
"Your Majesty," King Gu Ye, who had been silent at this time, finally spoke, "I think what the Minister of Civil Affairs said is reasonable. And there should be some conclusions on how to increase or decrease it, so as to encourage students to study hard. I believe
I thought it would be 'nine to one' this year, and it could be adjusted to 'eight to two' next year, and then it would decrease year by year."
The courtiers in the court suddenly looked at King Gu Ye in surprise.
Mr. Gu, what does this mean?
Doesn’t this mean that Gu Gong himself agreed to Li Xingchen’s plan?
Shen Jungao, Luo Ya and others who realized something also stood up at this time: "I second the proposal!"
Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows. To be honest, the sudden change in front of him caught him off guard. In fact, in Li Xingchen's imagination, if King Gu Ye was more rational, he would have remained neutral, or even asked Shen Jungao and others to speak. And if
If he really realizes the threat the academy poses to the family, he should directly oppose it.
But Li Xingchen never expected that Gu Yewang and Shen Jungao would directly agree.
But soon Li Xingchen also understood that King Gu Ye's agreement came with certain conditions, that is, he must move forward year by year according to the proportion he just mentioned. This means that if Li Xingchen wants to let the court
It will take at least ten years for the established academy to completely replace the Ninth Grade Zhongzheng as the only channel for selecting talents.
Moreover, Gu Yewang's words just now clearly left room for leeway. He did not say at all where the ratio should drop. Maybe in five years, when the ratio becomes 5:5, it will be stopped.
This is tantamount to both parties taking a step back. The Southeast Family is willing to break the original monopoly on talent promotion channels, but the court's policy adjustments must also be in accordance with their wishes.
More importantly, both Shen Jungao and Gu Yewang should have realized that Li Xingchen himself was the most supportive and persistent in implementing this matter, and now the Bashu family, the Guanlong family, and many poor families, businessmen and businessmen are all standing
With Li Xingchen waving the flag and shouting, if the Southeastern nobles persist in this issue, they will easily be attacked in groups, which will naturally be more detrimental to the gains than the losses for the Southeastern nobles.
What's more, the Han Dynasty has now absorbed forces from all over the world, not only Bashu and Guanlong, but also Ba people, Nanzhong tribes, Lingnan tribes, etc. If the Southeast family wants to have a full-scale conflict with them in the court, then the Southeast family really
They may not necessarily take advantage, let alone the military.
In contrast, the Southeast Family is still confident in its ability to teach and educate people. (To be continued)