Chapter eight hundred and thirty fourth imperial examination quota
In the afternoon, Pan Liao and Du You came together to discuss the imperial examination with Guo Song.
The plan for the imperial examination has been finalized, and fifty people will be admitted. This is already the number of people admitted after the relaxation. Initially, only twenty-five people will be admitted.
But judging from the current number of applicants, there are more than 20,000 scholars recommended by the states under their jurisdiction alone, as well as scholars from the Central Plains, Hebei, Jiangnan, Bashu and other places, plus those who failed the exam in previous years.
Lao Shizi, if you calculate it, there will be at least 70,000 people, or even higher.
Then the twenty-five people who were initially decided to admit were obviously too few, so when the formal plan was formulated, the twenty-five people were doubled to fifty, but even so, it was still too few, almost a thousand
Four hundred people competing for one admission spot is simply unacceptable.
Guo Song ordered the Council of Ministers to discuss supplementary amendments to see if more places could be added.
The location of Guo Song's study room is also called Qilin Hall. It is usually a place where official affairs are handled during holidays and where ministers are received.
Guo Song asked Pan Liao and Du You to sit down. Pan Liao handed over a supplementary draft, "Your Highness, please take a look first!"
Guo Song took the draft, sat down and read it carefully. In fact, there were not many changes. There were three main changes. First, the number of soldiers maintaining order in the imperial examination was increased from two thousand to three thousand. This was very necessary. The examination room was too large.
It is large, with a hundred lanes, and the usual discipline and atmosphere, etc., all need the help of soldiers to maintain.
The second change is that eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling are strictly prohibited during the imperial examination. The two items of eating and drinking have been removed. It is normal for scholars to gather to eat and drink, so there is no need to be too strict. Only the last two items are strictly prohibited. The main method is to use random inspections. Once caught,
It will be recorded but will not be punished. However, if you pass the imperial examination, you will be rejected by another vote.
If a scholar knows that he will not pass the exam and just comes to Chang'an to spend money indiscriminately, then that's fine.
The third change is that the number of admissions has increased to 120. This is what Guo Song is concerned about. Increasing the number of admissions is not an easy thing. Just pat your head and you have to have a basis.
The biggest problem now is that there are not so many official vacancies. Of course, there are three ways to enroll in the imperial examination. One is to enroll in Taixue or Guozixue, which admits 2,000 people.
The second category is the admission of Ming Jing Ke, which admits 500 people, mainly to recruit civil servants from various states and counties, servants of the imperial court, and military officers of the army. They are officials. If they are very outstanding, they may have the opportunity to become officials.
The third category is Jinshi. Those who are Jinshi want to be officials. The first three Jinshi and those who are ranked as officials will be ranked as eighth-rank officials. Those who are Jinshi after them will be ranked as ninth-ranked officials.
Therefore, in order to recruit many people, we must first determine how many official positions are vacant. Last year, there were many official positions vacant because of the strong purge after the capture of Guanzhong. But this year, Guo Song couldn't believe that there were still 120 vacant positions.
Job vacancies.
"Explain, why are there 120 official positions vacant?" Guo Song knocked on the revised plan.
"Your Highness, the Jin Dynasty has established the Department of Agriculture, and each state must also establish the Department of Agriculture and establish a secretary. This will create more than fifty official vacancies."
"But the Department of Agriculture needs specialized talents! Doesn't Taixue have agriculture?" Guo Song asked in confusion.
Du You next to him explained: "Your Highness is unaware of something. First, there is not enough time. The first group will not be able to complete their studies until the year after next at the earliest. Moreover, as previously agreed, they will regard it as the Ming Sutra and start from the officials, while the local secretary
The officials are from the ninth rank, and it is not their turn yet."
Pan Liao also added: "In the future, each state will also establish corresponding Xinzhou schools to correspond to various technical trainings of Taixue. Then the teachers in each state will mainly come from Taixue, so in a short period of time, students trained by Taixue will still be doing
I can’t become a professional official.”
"Okay! What about the other vacancies? You have added seventy people."
"Then there is the Jinzou Yuan of each state. His Highness mentioned last time that he would strengthen the Jinzou Yuan and required that the chief officials of each state's Jinzou Yuan should be at least officials from the seventh rank, followed by two ministers from the ninth rank. This is actually to give each state
By adding three more official quotas to the Imperial Academy, these official quotas can be used."
At present, each state's visit to the memorial court is relatively chaotic. Basically, the confidants of the respective governors are in charge, and their functions are relatively simple. They are to deliver memorials to each state, send acknowledgments, and then arrange for the food and accommodation of the officials who come to Beijing.
Although its function is simple, it raises a group of people, which invisibly increases the financial pressure on the local government. Guo Song originally wanted to lay off Jinzouyuan, but Du You persuaded him that Jinzouyuan was just not used well. If it is used properly, it will
It will become a strong link between the capital and other places and help the imperial court control local officials.
Guo Song accepted this idea and instead of weakening the Jinzou Yuan, he strengthened it and built new official offices for each Jinzou Yuan in the new city with complete hardware. The next step was to staff the Jinzou Yuan and improve its level.
The chief officer of the memorial hall is the state recorder, a seventh-rank official, and there are two ninth-rank court officials below.
Entering the memorial hall is not as simple as delivering news. You must regularly participate in discussions. There are no court meetings yet, but there will be court meetings in the future. You must attend court meetings every day.
In addition, there is another important function, which is to compile the "Di Bao", which is basically a ten-day episode. The important events that happened in the state within ten days are compiled into the "Di Bao" and handed over to the court.
Therefore, after this series of reforms, many official positions will be added, which will increase the number of places for this year's imperial examination.
Guo Song thought for a while and said with a smile: "We have a total of sixty states. In total, there are more than seventy more places!"
Pan Liao smiled slightly and said: "Because we are still not sure how many places can be added, but His Highness is pressing for it, we have set the number at 120 for now, and the remaining places can be put aside for next year! Or they can be used for promotions.
Excellent literary official."
"That can!"
Guo Song readily accepted their plan.
At this time, Pan Liao and Du You looked at each other, and Pan Liao said cautiously: "Yesterday, when the Counselor Hall was discussing new quotas, they mentioned a suggestion of priority admission. Could His Highness consider giving priority to admission of some famous students?"
Guo Song knew very well that Pan Liao had followed him for many years and would not fail to understand his principles. Since he proposed this idea, he must have his own reasons.
Guo Song did not immediately get angry, but asked calmly: "Let's talk about it in detail and see if it is reasonable?"
Pan Liao breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that His Highness King Jin would be angry and veto it indiscriminately.
"Your Highness, we mainly considered the Hebei aristocratic families, the Central Plains aristocratic families, the Jiangnan aristocratic families and the Bashu aristocratic families. From the aristocratic families in this area, we selected a total of eighteen gentry families. In addition to the five surnames and seven looks, most of them are local famous gentry families, such as Zhaojun Bai
The Gao family in Bohai, the Xiao family in Jiangning, the Lu family in Wujun, the Shen family, the Yu family in Kuaiji, etc.
These families actually control the local government through various relationships. If we include their children in our team, this will lay a good foundation for seizing Hebei Central Plains and other places in the future."
Guo Song pondered for a long time. He basically agreed with this idea, but the question came. If we only consider the interests of non-territorial aristocratic families, what about the aristocratic families in Hedong, Guanzhong, Hexi, and Longyou? Can they accept it?
"What about our own people?"
Guo Songxiao asked: "Can the aristocratic families in Hedong and Guanzhong accept it?"
"We will also take care of them, but not this year, but next year. This year, eighteen places will be allocated to eighteen aristocratic families. Of course, the premise is that they have children to take part in the imperial examination and do well in the examination. In this way, the admission process will be a little easier.
If you rely more heavily on it, it won’t be a big problem.”
"But what if you pass the exam yourself? Will you give them a second spot?" Guo Song asked again.
"If you pass the exam yourself, then you don't need special care. It will just be relied upon when considering the award of official positions. Try to place them in various departments in Chang'an."
Guo Song nodded, "I agree in principle with your plan and ideas. You can go back and sort it out, then review it with me, and try to be as thorough as possible."
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Guo Song dealt with official documents at noon and did not have lunch with everyone. During dinner, he came to the dining hall. In addition to his own family, Liu Caichun was also there as promised, and Guo Song's mood suddenly improved.
At this time, he was surprised to see Li Wenyu also sitting there. What was she talking to Xue Tao?
When Liu Caichun saw Guo Song arriving, he was a little panicked. He quickly lowered his head and talked to Guo Weiwei, pretending not to see Guo Song arriving.
"Senior sister, where is my senior brother?"
Guo Songxiao asked: "Why didn't he come?"
Li Wenyu said angrily: "He is thinking about his fault at home! I will punish him not to go out for ten days."
"Why is this?" Guo Song asked puzzledly.
"Because I found out that a store on Donger Road was unexpectedly transferred half a month ago. I didn't know about it at all, and the other party didn't pay a penny. What does that mean? I just gave the store to the other party."
"When did senior brother become so generous?" Guo Song sat down and asked with a smile, he was also very curious in his heart.
"Yes! That fat man has always been stingy. When did he become so generous? I also want to know the reason. I went to visit the owner of this silk and satin shop this afternoon. It turned out to be a young woman. Her surname is Tang and her name is Tang Zhuzhu.
"
"Ah!" Liu Caichun exclaimed.
Xue Tao asked with a smile: "Cai Chun also knows this Tang Dongzhu?"
"Of course I know her, Tang Zhuzhu is Tang Xiaomei!"