Chapter seven hundred and eighty beating around the bush
The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed and said after a while: "As far as I know, you usually go to the Jinzou Academy in each state, and then find the corresponding department through the Jinzou Academy, and pass it up layer by layer, and finally it will be on the desk of the King of Jin. But Ming Ming
It seems that the state has not entered the memorial hall in Chang'an, which is a bit difficult!"
He must not have entered the memorial hall, and Mingzhou is not the territory of the Jin Palace. This made the shopkeeper very embarrassed. He added: "You can either go to the Jin Palace to submit letters! There seems to be an official office there that specially receives letters from officials from other places."
"It's best to keep it secret and not make a public letter."
The shopkeeper thought for a while and asked, "Is this important?"
"Very important."
"Okay! I have a relative who works in the Imperial College. I'm going to ask him for help."
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It was already early June, and all the government offices in Taiyuan had moved to Chang'an. Now only supplies and food were still being shipped.
Most of the Jin Palace are official offices and palaces for holding court meetings. The official offices alone have built more than a dozen magnificent buildings. To the north is a relatively dilapidated two-story old building, which is the Imperial Office of the Shibu Department.
The Imperial College is the Imperial College, which is equivalent to the Ministry of Education in later generations. At present, the head of the Imperial College is still Meng Jiao. He is not only in charge of the imperial examinations, but also in charge of education and school construction in various places.
Meng Jiao was really busy during this period. He went to various counties in Guanzhong to inspect school construction. After returning, he had to formulate the state examination plan for September, review the examination scope, etc.
In the past two days, his energy has been focused on the construction of Guozixue in the old city, the construction of Taixue and the new official office of the Imperial Academy. This is a major event. According to the plan, the school will be completed in August, and the first batch of students and professors will arrive in September.
After moving in, he was so busy that he couldn't stop and dreamed about building the school at night.
"His Royal Highness King Jin's request is that the school is a place to cultivate specialized talents!"
Meng Jiao strode out from the official room and said to Niu Jian, the Prime Minister of the Department: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin actually makes sense. We have enrolled tens of thousands of students in Taixue and Guozixue, and the students we trained in the end can only read.
The officials have never seen the rivers, and the officials of the Department of Agriculture do not distinguish between grains and grains. Wouldn’t it make people laugh if word got out?”
Niu Jian sighed, "It's weird that Taixue and Guozixue don't focus on classics."
"It's not surprising. The imperial examinations during the Kaiyuan Tianbao period were different. They also included Mingshuangke, Mingfa, Mingzi, Yishi, Sanshi, etc. When did the Mingjing and Jinshi subjects become the only two subjects left like now?"
"Has this matter been settled?"
"It hasn't been finalized yet, but it's basically the same. This is the idea that His Highness Prince Jin has always had. It was immature before, but now he is considering implementing it."
Meng Jiao patted Niu Jian on the shoulder again and said with a smile: "Don't worry about it. This is actually a good thing. Let professionals do professional things. In this way, students who have graduated from Taixue will also have the opportunity to become officials."
"I understand the humble position!"
Meng Jiao came to the carriage. Just as he was about to get on the carriage, a clerk next to him said: "My order, I have something important to report!"
Meng Jiao stopped and asked, "What's going on?"
"A relative in my humble position told me last night that a guest from Hebei came to the inn he runs and wants to see His Highness the King of Jin."
Meng Jiao frowned and said, "You'd better make it clear. Your Highness, Prince Jin, is not open to just anyone!"
"The person signing the order is Cui of Qinghe."
Meng Jiao was startled, "Is this the head of the Cui family in Qinghe?"
"Of course not, he is the son of Cui Hao, the governor of Mingzhou."
This route was secretive enough, and he actually used his own men to deliver the news. Meng Jiao nodded and asked, "Where are the others?"
“At Qinghe Inn in Feng’anfang.”
"I understand, I will handle this matter. What is your name?"
"The humble job is called Xiao Wenqi."
"I remember, you did a good job in this matter,"
The employee was flattered and quickly bowed and said: "Thank you very much for the compliment, I will take my leave."
Meng Jiao happened to be going to the old city to see His Royal Highness the King of Jin. He got on the carriage and ordered: "Go to the old city of Chang'an!"
The carriage started and drove towards Gwanghwamun.
Gwanghwamun has been demolished, mainly because the city walls on both sides of the street outside Gwanghwamun have been built, connecting the old city of Chang'an and Chang'an City. An amphibious gate was built in the middle of the east wall, which is called
Gwanghwamun. Next to it is Water Gate. The Cao River is introduced from the Feng River and divided into two branches. One flows north into the old Chang'an City, and the other flows into the south into Chang'an City, and is connected with the Cao River in Chang'an City.
The Cao River flows through the middle of the street, and embankments and wharves have been built. The roads on both sides of the Cao River are paved with special red bricks. They are spacious and flat, and are very suitable for vehicles.
The shops next to it are being built in full swing. The outlines have been revealed. It is expected that the first batch of shops will open in August. This is Chang'an's commercial street, breaking the shackles of the East Market and the West Market. On this street, eating, drinking, entertainment and shopping are integrated.
In one piece, it resembles the tiles of the Song Dynasty. It even has a polo field and a large shed for singing and dancing performances.
Meng Jiao looked at the groups of businessmen outside who were choosing shops. He was very emotional. In fact, he also knew that business in various feudal towns in Hebei was very prosperous, including Zhu Si. All major forces attached great importance to business, which could bring huge wealth and support them.
Their respective armies, His Royal Highness the King of Jin, are also very pragmatic, promoting the civilianization of merchants, canceling checkpoints in various places, exempting business taxes, and cracking down on mountain bandits and road tyrants in various places. This series of measures has effectively promoted commercial prosperity, and Chang'an and other places have gradually restored their former glory.
The boom has just begun.
The carriage drove into the old Chang'an City. In fact, the old Chang'an City can no longer be called an old city. Except for the city wall and Weiyang Palace, other buildings were razed to the ground and rebuilt.
A new lake covering thousands of acres in the center of the new city has been formed and named Changle Lake to commemorate the disappeared Changle Palace.
Hudong is a large area of official residences, with more than 3,000 small courtyards. Basically, middle and low-level officials above the ninth rank and below the fifth rank have received official residences. In Hubei, it is Guantiantai and Taishi Bureau, and in Hunan, it is the Imperial College.
The Examination Yuan and the Gong Yuan are the largest in Huxi. Taixue, Guozixue and various state Jinzou Yuan are all located here.
Most of the school and government office have been built, and the craftsmen are laying thick tiles on the roof. They are very busy. Guo Song is standing on a high place, inspecting the construction of Taixue and Guozixue. School construction has always been the most important thing for Guo Song.
On the other hand, with the expansion of Taixue and Guozixue, educational reform has finally been put on the agenda.
The content of studies in Guozixue and Taixue are similar, but the sources of students they recruit are different. But it will be different in the future. The number of students enrolled in Guozixue will exceed 3,000, mainly to train teachers for various states and counties.
Taixue will instead train professional talents. The number of students will exceed 10,000. Regardless of high or low, anyone who can pass the exam will be able to study. In September, arithmetic, law, martial arts, agriculture, calendars, metallurgy, and water conservancy will be offered.
, weaponry, weaving and other nine major categories, which will continue to be added in the future.
This is why many sad things have happened in recent years. Officials who guide agriculture cannot distinguish grains and do not know how to grow wheat. Officials in the Metallurgical Department do not know how to smelt metals. Officials in the branch office do not know how to settle accounts. Ordnance Supervision
Some officials couldn't tell the difference between an infantry bow and a cavalry bow. Officials from the Metropolitan Water Department had never seen floods. All these made a lot of jokes and made many state and county officials dissatisfied.
Therefore, Guo Song put forward the slogan "Professionals do professional things". Cultivating professional talents and training technical officials has become the top priority of education in the future.
In fact, all dynasties have attached great importance to professional talents, and all professional positions have selected professional talents.
Another advantage of this is that it avoids conflicts between the imperial examination and the school. The imperial examination selects government officials, while the Imperial College trains professional officials. This gives Taixue students a way out.
At this time, Meng Jiao hurried over, bowed and saluted: "See His Highness the King of Jin!"
Guo Song nodded and said, "Tai Xue will enroll students in September. How are you preparing for it?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, there is no problem with enrollment. We have surveyed the current Tai students and found that more than 90% of them are willing to specialize in arts and learn professional knowledge."
"Weren't the Tai students very resistant before? Why did it change again?"
"Your Highness, they didn't think through the interest relationship here before. The key is that after His Highness announced that 'professionals do professional things,' it means that they can still be officials if they fail the imperial examination. Of course everyone is willing, so they suddenly reversed
Already."
"Can you become an official now?"
Guo Song smiled lightly and said: "I'm afraid they think too simply, but if you perform well enough in the future, you will indeed have the opportunity to become an official."
"Your Highness, I still have something to report for my humiliation," Meng Jiao said.
"What's up?"
"Cui Hao, the governor of Mingzhou, sent his son to Chang'an to see His Highness. They found a humble position through a roundabout relationship."
Guo Song suddenly became interested and asked: "Where are they?"
"It seems to be at the Qinghe Inn in Feng'anfang."
Guo Song immediately ordered his soldiers: "Go to the Qinghe Inn in Feng'anfang to introduce Mr. Cui to the palace. Go now!"