However, the second half of the suggestion can be adopted. Now the Han Dynasty has stepped up infrastructure construction, and river dredging should indeed be included in it. This is something Li Xinchen has never considered before.
Compared with road construction, which Li Xinchen was more concerned about before, dredging rivers is actually easier, because the roads are completely carved out of barren mountains and ridges with a road enough for carriages to pass, while rivers are different. The water network in Jiangnan is densely covered, and the vast area
Most rivers are passable by ships. The main reason for dredging is because different rivers allow different sizes of ships.
For example, the Lanting River outside Kuaiji City is not very deep, but it is one of the main rivers outside Kuaiji City. When the Navy attacked Kuaiji, it had to temporarily modify many flat boats before entering the Lanting River. If the Navy's
Those warships rushed in regardless, and they had to be stranded.
Similarly, there is the Ling Canal, which is the main artery between Lingnan and Jiangnan. Because the water flows upstream, the water is also not deep. All goods must be transported by flat boats or even bamboo rafts.
This naturally restricts the navigation of many large ships. Once the south begins to transfer grain to the north, the grain must be transported from various rivers and ports to large docks through small boats, and then transferred to important towns on the river through medium-sized ships.
, and finally transported north by large ships. If it were changed to later generations, this method of relaying large and small ships would indeed be efficient and make the best use of everything.
However, in this era, scheduling and material transfer are far inferior to those of later generations, so this can only add to chaos. Therefore, if even some major rivers can be dredged, this layer-by-layer transfer link can be reduced by part.
Reducing a part will naturally improve efficiency.
After reading Du Yan's examination papers, Li Xingchen summoned ministers from various ministries to request that this matter be implemented as soon as possible.
It happens to be a slack time for farming, and local state governments are fully capable of organizing people to dredge rivers on their own, especially since it is still a dry season. For local people, dredging rivers certainly not only brings labor fees. Although the labor fees are small, compared with
In the past, Bai Gan's job was better mainly because it dredged the river. First, it helped them transport daily goods to other places. Second, it also diverted water, reducing the trouble during irrigation.
Therefore, as the imperial court's order was promulgated, various places began to dredge rivers in full swing, even to the point where women, children, the old and the weak were involved in the battle.
This was beyond Li Xingchen's expectation and made Li Xingchen take a look at Du Yangao.
With the help of these three points needed to break into Li Xingchen, Du Yan finally surpassed Fang Yanqian and became the number one scholar in the first year of the Han Dynasty imperial examination.
As the sky darkened a bit, this year's new scholars, headed by Du Yan, had already entered the palace gate.
Li Xingchen once again stood in the main hall, looking at the Jinshi who were walking forward, and his heart that was a little upset by Yu Wenxian suddenly felt relieved.
The surrounding ministers looked at these figures with curiosity.
I wonder if these talents selected through a new method will bring a new atmosphere to Dahan?
Does the success of the first imperial examination mean that this new system will continue successfully and eventually become a new form of selecting talents for thousands of years?
These ministers may not know that in history, the imperial examinations continued until 1,500 years later, and were continuously improved and turned into various examinations, and the entire world followed this model. After all, no matter what
It is said that examinations are still the fairest means of measuring talent ability.
However, although they do not know it, it does not prevent them from feeling that they are witnessing a new history.
Li Xingchen's mood was different from that of these courtiers. He looked at the scholars who entered the palace. In fact, they were mainly from aristocratic families. Even if there was a descendant of the Bao family who was the third flower, the Bao family could be considered a member of the family.
To be a leader among a poor family, and to have a figure like Bao Zhao standing up for them, it is very common for the Southeastern nobles to repeat the glorious deeds of their ancestors, so they cannot be considered ordinary people.
Li Xingchen still very much hopes that a commoner scholar will stand out, but he also knows that his expectations are somewhat unrealistic. Even if there are outstanding ordinary people's children in the academy, after just a few years of study,
It is almost impossible to surpass the children of aristocratic families who have received systematic education since childhood, let alone compete with people like Du Yan and Fang Yanqian who have experienced many twists and turns in life.
But in terms of knowledge reserves and life experiences, these common people lag far behind.
Everything still needs to be done slowly, but at least with the help of the imperial examination, the children from poor families have been able to stand out. The aristocratic families have naturally lost complete control over the officialdom. After the children from poor families, the common people will definitely be able to shine in the end.
Although the imperial examination has been implemented in the Sui and Tang dynasties in history, it was not until the Song Dynasty that the children of ordinary people really had the opportunity to pass the imperial examination and enter the court on a large scale. In the end, the concept of aristocratic families completely disappeared.
Before that, the aristocratic family was still able to do better in the imperial examinations by virtue of their excellent private school education.
The reason is that academies were not very developed during the Tang Dynasty. At that time, there were only a handful of academies in the world. Children from poor families did not have the opportunity to receive education. Naturally, except for geniuses, they could not really become educated.
It had advantages until the Song Dynasty, when culture and education flourished. The four major academies led to the mushrooming of academies of all sizes across the country, and ordinary families had the opportunity to obtain a good education.
Li Xingchen has now realized this problem, so he has built academies and free schools on a large scale so that children from poor families can also have the opportunity to receive education. As for the children from poor families who can be seen in the imperial examinations, they should have to wait a little longer.
Wait, even wait for another generation, the centipede insect will die but not freeze, the family's heritage will still be there, and the energy will naturally not completely dissipate when it is exhausted.
Li Xingchen had plenty of time and could afford to wait.
"Your Excellency, the new Jinshi, please see your Majesty!" All the Jinshis knelt down and paid homage to Li Xinchen, indicating that from now on they were ministers of the Han Dynasty.
The courtiers around Li Xinchen who came out to greet him also bowed their hands in salute. They did not dare to follow Li Xinchen and accept such courtesy.
Li Xingchen took a long breath and said, "Everyone is safe!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Give me a banquet!" Li Xingchen waved his hand immediately.
"All the Jinshi come to the palace and give a banquet!"
The palace lanterns on the main hall were lit one after another, and the Jinshi once again climbed up the steps of the main hall, naturally feeling a lot of emotion in their hearts.