However, the Jiangnan family did not have much objection to this. Those who came to review the Qiuwei examination papers were Zong Yuanrao, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Pei Ji, the Yushitai, and Xu Ling, the Duke of Xiaomu who were specially invited. In the end, it was His Majesty who personally reviewed it, so this is explained.
There was nothing wrong with the result.
In terms of grasping the general trend of the world, the northern aristocratic families that have experienced wars and tribulations do have an advantage over the Jiangnan aristocratic families who are more settled in the south of the Yangtze River. After all, the northern aristocratic families have been displaced in the north in recent years and have experienced a lot, so what they naturally think about is
However, a few years ago, most of the Jiangnan aristocratic families were still thinking about how to hold on to their one-third of an acre of land, and even went so far as to rebel. It was really difficult for the children of the family to discuss the real world trends.
Especially after the Southern and Northern Dynasties, because a large number of historical classics were lost in the wars in the north, or simply destroyed by the war, the families in Nandu gradually became popular in poetry, song, and discussion due to the lack of history books and literature. Talking and discussing Taoism became popular in the south of the Yangtze River.
Most of the so-called celebrities at that time rose to prominence through casual conversation.
However, this also led to the situation of the southern aristocratic families becoming smaller and smaller. In the end, their eyes even only stayed in the southeast. Even the original Wudi family and the Nandu family still used Taihu Lake as the dividing line, saying that north of Taihu Lake was north and north of Taihu Lake.
South is south, and the land south of the Yangtze River is divided into north and south.
Familiar people don’t know that north of the river is the Central Plains of China, and south of the river is just a corner of the southeast.
Especially after the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the collapse of the Southern Dynasty, they often had to rely on outsiders, either Liu Yu who fled from the north, or Chen Baxian who rose up in Lingnan, or the Xiao family from Jingzhou, or the current emperor,
It also comes from the mountains of Huaibei, and the blood flowing through it is even the blood of a northern family.
Of course, the small structure is part of the reason. This part of the reason is also recognized by the Southern Family. Another part of the reason is naturally that the outstanding leaders of this generation of the Southern Family have already entered the court first, such as the current Liubu.
, I am afraid that more than half of the officials, large and small, are from southern families. This mainly depends on the recommendation of their fathers. The mutual recommendation between various families allows these juniors to quickly enter the court when the court is in urgent need of people.
in the hall, so naturally he will not participate in this imperial examination again.
There are not enough younger generations to participate in this scientific expedition. Even if the southern family has a geographical advantage, it is understandable that they cannot achieve any outstanding results. However, the large number of northern talents going south is also a reason that cannot be ignored.
This shows that today's imperial court has been recognized by more and more northerners.
If the imperial court wanted to cross the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River and continue to advance north, it would be impossible to rely on southerners. All the aristocratic families had the idea of relocating to their homeland, allowing the Jiangnan gentry with their roots in the south to brave the enemy's arrows and head north.
Of course, charging is unrealistic. In contrast, people in the north are of course more willing to regain their homeland. When Liu Yu launched the Northern Expedition, he also relied on Beifu soldiers to kill all the enemies in the past.
Therefore, this kind of scene is what Li Xingchen is happy to see.
When the morning light shone on the eaves of the main hall, the palace door slowly opened, and the candidates taking the exam today filed in. The ministers led by Li Xingchen to invigilate the exam were mainly Du Guan Shangshu, Rites Bu Shangshu, Li Bu Shangshu, Xingbu Shangshu and Yushi Dafu had already
Wait in the main hall.
Since this is the first imperial examination in the history of this era, of course all the rules were jointly formulated by Li Xingchen and the Ministry of Rites. However, Li Xingchen was too lazy to rack his brains to think about it, so he still followed the original examination rules.
The talents selected from all levels will finally compete in this hall under the personal supervision of His Majesty the Emperor.
"The top three scholars in the autumn of this year are here to meet Your Majesty." Thirty-six candidates wearing special white clothes prostrated at the same time. Some of them were young and energetic and were about to express their literary talent, while some were no longer interested.
I am young, but of course I am very excited when I am in this situation.
Obtaining a scholar by passing the examination is a new talent assessment and selection method that is absolutely different from the previous filial piety system or the nine-level Zhongzheng system. The talents who pass the examination show that they not only have filial piety, but also have a prominent family background.
It is because they themselves have real talents and knowledge, and have the ability to govern the world and support the country.
This is the change of the times. Being able to witness this change makes them in the midst of the tide very excited, because at that moment they can even feel that history has changed because of them, or that they are history.
"Pingshen," Li Xingchen raised his hand, "Xuan, enter the palace!"
"Candidates enter the palace!" Yuan Dashe's voice was so powerful that it made people forget that he was a eunuch. Of course, Li Ping would not reveal how long the old eunuch had been practicing for this moment in private.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The candidate stood up and walked up the steps to the main hall.
Li Xingchen had already turned around and stepped onto Danqi first, but he did not sit down, but quietly watched the candidates enter the tables and chairs that had been arranged in the hall.
On both sides of the hall, some officials were busy writing.
These officials are mainly historians, mainly to record this historic moment. There are also some people, although they are also wearing official uniforms, but their identities are reporters of the newly established "Dahan Daily".
Reporter, recorder, is not a term that is incomprehensible in this era, so Li Xingchen copied it without mercy.
The Ministry of Industry of the Han Dynasty has always been driven around by Li Xinchen, but in the end they completed the tasks assigned by Li Xinchen very seriously and responsibly, which naturally included woodblock printing and movable type printing.
At the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty, in order to promote cultural and educational work, Li Xingchen gave the task of inventing printing to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry. Although the Ministry of Industry was relatively busy, fortunately, the Ministry of Rites still had time and finally researched this kind of thing.
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Li Xingchen knew that movable type printing was more effective than engraving printing, so he simply asked for the direct development of movable type printing. Previously, due to limited materials, the movable type developed was always unstable and the printed products were uneven, so the Ministry of Industry only
Being able to carve the engravings first made Li Xingchen sigh that history is still stubbornly moving forward along its original course.
However, soon as the output and technology of Han's smelting industry increased, movable type printing was no longer difficult.
Compared with the historical transition from engraving to movable type from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, the printing technology of this era developed very quickly indeed.
It was precisely because of the rapid development of printing that the Han Dynasty had enough capital to build academies and free schools in various places. Otherwise, how would there be so many books for people to use?