"Of course it is necessary. Any reform is not a treat and can be decided casually. The progress of a country is made through trial and error, and the improvement of any system is also improved through trial and error."
"Although the current unified examination system looks very good, we cannot completely negate the old system. Our people cannot bear too many changes. Therefore, as an official and the leader of this country, every step we take is Be cautious."
"Because a slight change in national policy may have a lifelong impact on the entire people."
"Then without confirming that the past system is unreasonable and obsolete, we must make bold assumptions, carefully verify, and reform with extremely firm determination, but at the same time make changes at a cautious and cautious pace."
"The talents selected by the unified examination system seem to be good at present, but are the talents selected by the traditional imperial examination system and the traditional selection system even worse?"
"We cannot completely deny this group of talents until we have selected them, so we have to give them a chance, or even multiple chances, to seriously take the imperial examination, and then after selecting the talents, let them also enter various yamen Work, prove themselves.”
"If they are indeed more powerful, then why should I cancel the imperial examination? Because they are also talented people!"
"But if they are not powerful, it is just like some rumors from the outside world. In the past, the reason why these disciples of the nobles appeared to be elites was because they had no competition, and the reason why they could pass the exam was because there were too few people. In fact, they were all idiots. , idiotic and other arguments.”
"Such rumors are inevitable, but the emergence of anything must be questioned and tested before it can eventually be passed down. Just like the unified examination, at the beginning, the people said everything. I heard that many people said chicken There is no golden phoenix flying out of the nest yet. But aren't there still many students from ordinary people's backgrounds who have achieved good results and obtained first-class grades, and now their performance in various yamen is also outstanding, and are they deeply praised by everyone here? "
"This shows that nothing is absolute."
"There is a folk saying, it is a mule or a horse that comes out for a walk. Therefore, instead of canceling the imperial examination, we must increase the scale. Next year's imperial examination will be expanded to include all qualified students in the past. And the scale of admissions will also be expanded next year.”
"Now the Tang Dynasty is on the road of rapid progress. The Tang Dynasty needs a large number of officials. As long as they have talents, I will give them a platform to display their talents! The Tang Dynasty court will give them a platform to display their talents!"
"Even some civilians who claim to be powerful, but have never had the opportunity to take the imperial examination, and who are too old to take the unified examination, can also nominate themselves to participate in this imperial examination."
"You will know your results after one or two years after the exam is over and you start working." Li Ke said calmly.
"Liang Guogong, do you still have any objections?"
Fang Xuanling bent down and saluted: "Your Majesty, what your Highness said is true. I have no objection, and I believe other ministers have no objection as well."
"Where are the others?" Li Ke looked at the others.
Everyone looked around, what else could they say? In other words, Li Ke has already said this, and they seem to have nothing to say, because if you still object, don't you think that the elites cultivated by wealthy families since childhood are not as good as those who are above? A child of poor people who has been studying for several years?
If this is the case, then it does seem that there is no need for the imperial examination to exist. It does not need to exist. His Highness has made it very clear.
So of course they would not object, and this matter was naturally approved by the entire court.
Seeing that no one objected, Li Ke said directly: "Is the historian here?"
"I'm here." The historian sitting next to the court stood up.
"Transcribe what I just said without changing the original text, and then send it to the Propaganda Department, which will give it to Datang Weekly for distribution to the world, and tell all the people and scholars in the world." Li Ke said directly. .
"yes!"
Ministers: "..."
Everyone fell silent. If it were announced to the world, the scale of the imperial examination next year would be quite large.
After all, many people are allowed to recommend themselves.
After the court meeting, the news quickly spread throughout Chang'an City at an alarming speed. Even by the time Datang Weekly was released two days later, the people in Chang'an City basically knew about it.
"His Royal Highness King Qin is still very generous. What His Highness said is too good. Nothing can be completely denied. As long as it is for the benefit of the people, His Highness is willing to verify it carefully."
"Hmph, let's see if these so-called elites are really that powerful."
"We don't know whether he is that powerful or not. Naturally, the princes above the court will judge him, but those princes must also come from aristocratic families."
"They must come from a wealthy family, but His Highness will definitely supervise them. Besides, this is not a competition. As long as they have talent and can make Datang better, it's fine. Didn't His Highness say that meritocracy is the only thing that matters? Lift it?"
"I just don't know if the results from ordinary people's schools can compare with these people. I feel confused. They all have elite education. What should we compare with them? How many years are they ahead of us? We have only studied for a few years and we want to catch up with them? "
"It's just that people who think they are great after just a few years of studying are too arrogant. They are just real elites who haven't taken the exam yet."
"Hey, since Your Highness is still holding the imperial examination, does it mean that the officials who were passed by ordinary people are not good at all? Otherwise, why not ban them and use officials who were passed by ordinary people? Obviously, the ability is not comparable. "
"You are so boastful about these candidates from well-established families. How much money do they give you? If you ask me, we ordinary people's students are so good. They can become officials in the court with at least a few years of study, right? Give them a longer period of time. If they have time to learn, they can definitely do better. We must have a certain tolerance for them, give them time to develop, and not be as harsh as our own people."
"Why shouldn't I be strict with them? It's a major matter for the court, how can it be a piece of cake? As for those disciples from well-known families, their ancestors were all officials, and they have seen it all. A child who lives a farming life like me, After just a few years of schooling, you can become an official? Then this is too simple. If it is really that simple, why have no ordinary people become officials in the past thousand years?"
The people in Chang'an City were talking a lot, and there were all kinds of voices.
