Knowing that the Ming Dynasty was planning to introduce chapters of "Xunzi" into the imperial examinations, Tang Situi's first reaction was very practical.
"Isn't there any objection from the Northern Court?"
Tang Situi's big eyes were full of doubts, and the light of doubts in his eyes seemed to cover the entire past and present.
Xin Qiji had no such doubts.
"Yes, there were a lot of people who opposed it, and there were a lot of objections, but there were more people who supported it, so it was passed."
Xin Qiji thought that the previous minor political turmoil probably calmed down too quickly, so it was not known to the people of Song Dynasty, so that they did not know that there were people who were willing to be martyrs for this change, and did the stupid thing of using a mantis' arm as a chariot. .
Therefore, they naturally would not know how Su Yonglin swiftly and resolutely eliminated those opponents and implemented new changes.
Tang Sidei didn't know the inside story, and felt that Xin Qiji's simple sentence "There were many people who opposed it, but there were more people who supported it, so it passed" was really outrageous.
If such a thing happened in the Southern Song Dynasty, Tang Sidei could even imagine what kind of quarrels there would be in the Southern Song Dynasty. Maybe the quarrel would lead to a fight, and if not, someone would be killed.
Are you kidding? Xunzi's deviant remarks can also be included in the scope of the imperial examination?
Tang Sidei did not study Xunzi in depth, but he read many books and had some understanding of Xunzi's remarks. He knew how controversial Xunzi's remarks could be.
But here in the Ming Empire, just a simple sentence allowed this book to enter the scope of questions for the imperial examination?
What happened to this world?
What happened to the Ming Empire?
Their imperial examination... is it really an imperial examination? Can it really select outstanding talents?
Tang Si swallowed his saliva.
"I have also dabbled in Xunzi's remarks, which are somewhat different from the sage's classics. If the imperial examination is introduced for assessment, I'm afraid..."
"It's okay. No one cares about it. It's completely passed now. And compared to liberal arts, everyone in the Ming Dynasty is actually more concerned about science, law and engineering exams."
Xin Qiji smiled and said: "I told His Majesty the Emperor that although the classics of saints are good, the predecessors have studied them for thousands of years and have already thoroughly studied what they need to study. There will be no gain from continuing to study them. Therefore, instead of studying the classics with a bright head, it is better to The most important thing is the exams in science, law and engineering.”
Tang Situi was shocked again.
Emperor Su Yonglin of the Ming Dynasty actually said that the Sage Classics Examination was not important?
He actually said that exams in other subjects were more important?
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Northern Dynasty really said that?"
"Yes, not only His Majesty thinks so, but our imperial court also thinks so. The classics have indeed been studied for too long, and there are more annotations by predecessors than the original works. Each family has its own version, and each person has his or her own understanding. There is no point in continuing to study, it is better to focus on the other three subjects."
Xin Qiji took another sip of wine, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Fa Ke, as the name suggests, is about law. When establishing a country, law is the most important, and laws cannot be static and need to change over time, so Your Majesty tries to do law. Examination to cultivate legal talents for the country.
Science is an examination that focuses on the truths of the world, such as astronomy, geography, arithmetic, etc., so it is named science. His Majesty believes that national events such as military campaigns, agricultural production, etc. require the contribution of knowledge studied in science, so the science examination is specially designed to cultivate talents.
The same goes for engineering. Marching and fighting require ordnance and barracks, people need houses and cities to live in, agricultural production requires water conservancy projects, etc. Therefore, our government also needs hundreds of talents, so His Majesty set up a special engineering examination to cultivate talents. "
Xin Qiji raised three fingers and gave Tang Sidei a general explanation of the three subject examinations except liberal arts.
Tang Sidei was obviously shocked and speechless by the contents of the Ming Dynasty imperial examination.
The imperial examination has always been a stage for scholars to compete for literary talents and to select the best literati. But what was the imperial examination like in the Ming Dynasty? Why do craftsmen even have to take the exam?
"Can Baigong also take the imperial examination?"
"Why not? As long as it is beneficial to the country, it is a talent. As long as it is a talent, it must be based on merit. This is the imperial examination that our Majesty believes. In the imperial examination, talents should be recruited to serve the country."
Tang Side didn't know how to evaluate such an imperial examination at all.
The imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was just in the name of an imperial examination, but inside, it was completely different.
Does it feel like Cao Mengde’s meritocracy?
A banquet to appease Xin Qiji, but Tang Sidei couldn't figure it out. So after the banquet, Tang Sidei immediately went to the palace to see Zhao Gou and told Zhao Gou the news.
Zhao Gou was also quite surprised by this.
"The four subjects of arts, science, law and engineering are divided into four subjects to obtain a bachelor's degree? Is engineering also considered a scholar?"
Zhao Gou said in surprise: "What did Su Yonglin think? This is not the method of selecting scholars by subject. He obviously combined the four subjects at the same time, and he actually added Xunzi's articles to the liberal arts. How...how did he pass Was it reviewed by the imperial court?"
Zhao Gou was a little hard to understand.
Tang Side thought about this question seriously on the way here just now and came up with an answer.
Because Su Yonglin was the powerful founding emperor, and even the Ma Ma Emperor who had made outstanding achievements and conquered all the Central Plains, the army obeyed him. His prestige was too high and his power was too heavy. His subjects did not dare to use his authority to push forward this matter. Resist.
His ministers all compromised, gave in, and allowed him to do whatever he wanted.
Who allowed him to command an army of 400,000 elite soldiers capable of fighting?
As for Zhao Gou not understanding...
Well, obviously, Zhao Gou was never a powerful emperor who relied on military merit to rise to power.
The reason why he became the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty was because he was the only son of Song Huizong who managed to escape the fate of being captured. He had no military merits and no major political achievements. Instead, he had the experience of bowing down and paying tribute to the enemy.
Therefore, everything he obtained was achieved through insidious tactics and exchange of interests. He could not understand Su Yonglin's state of relying purely on strength.
I'm afraid he won't be able to understand that the emperor can do whatever he wants right now.
Tang Situi figured this out, but he didn't dare to say anything and could only echo Zhao Gou's words.
After complaining for a while, Zhao Gou also realized that he could not influence anything Su Yonglin did.
With some unreasonable frustration, Zhao Gou asked: "What is the purpose of Xin Qiji coming here? Do you understand it?"
"It's not clear yet. He has a very strict mouth and only speaks in formal situations."
Tang Situi shook his head and said: "There is no good time to ask him during this period, especially when something like that happened before."
Such a thing is naturally the case of refugees surrounding the inn.
It was okay not to say it, but when he did, Zhao Gou became angry again.
"Liu Wei is a waste! A waste! Such a waste is not worthy of being the magistrate of Yuhang County! Stop the trial, just dismiss him! Remove him from office! Go to Lingnan! Never come back!"
As soon as Zhao Gou opened his mouth, Liu Wei's career death was basically confirmed.
Although he has some high-status backers in the court, otherwise he would not be able to be the magistrate of Yuhang County.
However, this matter involved the Northern Dynasties and the Ming Dynasty, which shocked the allies. It was an international dispute and the last thing Zhao Gou wanted to happen, so the backers behind Liu Wei did not dare to do anything.
Tang Si retreated naturally, and of course he would arrange Liu Wei's exile, and then let this unlucky guy bid farewell to the land of plenty and go to an uncivilized land to keep company with savages.
The day when Zhao Gou officially decided to meet Xin Qiji was two days later, so the day before Zhao Gou met, Xin Qiji officially handed over the Ming Dynasty's credentials to the Song Dynasty, letting Song Emperor Zhao Gou understand the needs of the Ming Dynasty's southward march.
After receiving the letter of credence, Zhao Gou finally understood why the Ming Dynasty sent a senior military officer as an envoy to the south to discuss the matter.
He finally understood why Xin Qiji had been hiding it before, just not revealing the specific goal of going south.
Is this something that can be negotiated?
Is this simply compensation for defeat?
With an unprecedented feeling of being deceived and angry, Zhao Gou threw his hand and smashed the Ming Dynasty's credentials on the ground. He roared in front of the ministers and ministers, and even said something like "Su Yonglin's child is bullying others too much". .
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