"Uncle Sincerity, I've been waiting for a long time!" Zhu Jun stepped forward with a smile and apologized with his hands in hand.
Liu Ji also smiled and said: "I came uninvited and bothered Your Highness."
"Please sit down!" Zhu Jun made a gesture of invitation. After the two of them took their seats, Zhu Jun said, "I don't know what Uncle Chengyi has to say when he comes here this time."
"I can't talk about advice. It's just that Autumn is coming, and I haven't seen Your Highness go to the Hanlin Academy to discuss. The examination is the most important part of the imperial examination. As the examiner, His Highness's opinion is particularly important!" Liu Ji paused, "Some trivial matters. , that’s all, the most important thing is to determine the test questions, I wonder if Your Highness has thought about the test questions?”
Zhu Jun frowned slightly. Speaking of this matter, he thought of an interesting thing. In Daye, the imperial examination system had been abolished.
In the third year of Shenwu, Lao Zhu standardized the writing procedures for the provincial examination and the general examination, and set a total of three imperial examinations.
In the first test, there are questions about the "Four Books", one each about the meaning of the "Four Books" and the meaning of the "Five Classics".
In the second session, he examined rituals and music, and wrote official documents such as imperial edicts, edicts, expressions, and notes.
The third test is about history and current affairs.
Ten days after waiting for the Chinese exam, candidates still need to retest five subjects, namely riding, archery, calligraphy, arithmetic, law, and the final palace examination is about current affairs and policy theory.
It can be seen that Lao Zhu hopes to select talents who are all-rounders who can be both civil and military.
However, not all the scholars actually selected satisfied him, so in the fourth year of Shenwu, the imperial examination system was abolished. Until the fifth year of Hongwu, there was really no more reasonable talent selection mechanism than the imperial examination, and it was hampered by the lack of control of hundreds of officials. Under pressure, he ordered the imperial examination to be resumed the next year, and promulgated the "Imperial Examination Form" to once again impose strict regulations on the imperial examination.
Therefore, this is also the main reason why Zhu Jun established universities and diplomas, and Lao Zhu did not object.
The abolition of the imperial examination system almost caused a riot among the intellectuals in the world. Although Lao Zhu was able to take charge of the matter, the world was not yet unified after all. In order to prevent the outflow of talents, he had to bow to the imperial examination system.
It can be said that Lao Zhu was the first person to oppose the imperial examination.
Nowadays, the imperial examination almost exclusively focuses on Zhu Xi’s annotated edition of the Four Books and Five Classics, and looks for questions from them.
This is not to say that Zhu Xi was not good, but that this would inevitably lead to the rigidity of the imperial examination.
Thinking of this, he said: "I haven't thought about it yet. Uncle Cheng has proctored the exam twice, is there any good questions?"
Liu Jidao: "I don't have a good topic for the time being. Everyone has looked through the Four Books and Five Classics, but they haven't found a suitable topic."
Zhu Jun thought for a while and said: "This time Enke is different from the past. It is aimed at students all over the world. It would be inappropriate if we only choose the topic from the Four Books and Five Classics in Zhu Xi's Annotated Edition.
Only my great cause respects Zhu Zi, Zhang Zhou, Chen Han, and the two sages Confucius and Mencius!
The two dynasties were different from Daye. Zhang, Zhou, Chen and Han restored ancient rituals, but in their eyes, Daye was a radical.
Especially in the eyes of Zhang Zhou's old-fashioned people, Daye is deviant.
The reason why Daye respects Zhu Xi is also very simple.
Lao Zhu wanted to hug his thigh.
Just like Li Shimin regards Lao Tzu as his ancestor.
Gein Lao Zhu's background was too humble. When he was young, in order to survive, he worked as a domestic slave, herding cattle and cutting grass to serve the landlord.
Afterwards, the world was in chaos, the master's family was ruined, and he became a monk again.
By chance, he became a rebel, and then overcame obstacles all the way to create an unparalleled career!
Lao Zhu is a domineering person, but he didn't figure it out at first. After all, everyone's opinion wins gold.
It was only later that he figured out that his achievements were more important than his background.
Only then did he shout out the sentence: I am a commoner!
From then on, whether he spoke or wrote edicts, Lao Zhu would always add the words "I am a commoner in Huaixi".
"Are we going to violate the imperial examination regulations promulgated by His Majesty?" Liu Ji frowned slightly. Although he agreed with Zhu Jun's words, it was a bit too flattering. What did the literati in Daye think?
"This is not called a violation, but conforming to the current situation." Zhu Jun said: "If the tests this time are all familiar to you, what do you want others to think?
Will they feel that they have been fooled and not respected by the cause?
When they are angry and humiliated, will those who failed the exam say good things about the cause?
Of course, we are not lickers and will not blindly compromise for them.
However, the way the host family treats guests is definitely not to trick people into killing them!
In this way, even if you keep people by force, they are not sincere.
So there will be three tests this time, and the test questions are very important.
We do not favor our own people, nor do we favor others. After all, there will be a formal imperial examination next year. If you fail the exam twice, you are basically mediocre and cannot be used for much purpose!
That's my request for this one.
The test questions can be tricky, but they must not be obviously biased towards others.
Furthermore, taboo things should be appropriately relaxed.
Enke must have Enke's courage.
I feel that there should be a topic about talking about state affairs, and we should be bolder to see what students from other countries think about the great cause. "
Liu Ji's frown deepened, "What if the other party criticizes Daye?"
"So what?" Zhu Jun said, "Isn't it a good thing to have someone fill in the gaps for you?
I believe that these students should not be abusive throughout the article, but what if they are?
Spread the word so that people all over the world can see the courage and ambition of my great cause.
The law should change as the current situation changes, rather than being static and rigid.
Is it okay for you to use laws from thousands of years ago to govern the subjects of this dynasty? "
Liu Ji was stunned when asked, "Of course it won't work."
"That's it, so I think I should be bolder this time and show Daye's thirst for talent.
In this case, we shouldn't avoid this and that, let them show off their talents and see their true level. Zhu Jun said with a smile.
Liu Ji couldn't help but sigh in his heart, King Wu was really smart and his thinking was different from ordinary people.
When he was in the Hanlin Academy, everyone was seeking stability and thinking about how not to make mistakes, but Zhu Jun did the opposite.
Comparing the two, they seem to be petty and unhappy. Maybe they will be laughed at by the world's literati!
"This matter is so big that I dare not make the final decision. If I report it to His Majesty and get approval, it will be feasible!" Liu Ji also agreed with Zhu Jun's idea.
"Uncle Sincerity, just take care of this matter and let the people under your command boldly come up with the topic." Zhu Juncai was too lazy to look through the Four Books and Five Classics to choose a topic, "The Four Books have three meanings, four classics and five judgments. , try to discuss the Five Ways of Classics, History, and Policies. Don’t be too restrictive, but be bold and let go!”
There are nearly twenty questions in total, and each question has a word limit, and the writing must be neat, which makes it even more difficult.
Therefore, it takes three days to take the exam. Without personal experience, you have no idea how many questions there are and how difficult they are!
