"What do you think of this?" Liu Heng asked.
"Is it to open a subject to get a scholar or a Kong family?"
"Tell me everything."
With that said, Liu Heng walked back to his seat and sat down.
Li Shuheng said: "The Tiger Character Banner captured several provinces in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and there is a shortage of manpower everywhere. Opening a subject to obtain scholars can gain the favor and support of scholars, and we also need more capable people to join. .”
"Well, our manpower is indeed a little tight." Liu Heng nodded, and then asked, "Where is the Kong family?"
Li Shuheng said: "The reason why the Kong family wants us to open Enke is more to protect their own interests. As long as we get more people through the imperial examination, the Kong family's status as a descendant of Kong Sheng will be more stable. , one day regain the power as before."
"What do you mean?" Liu Heng asked.
Li Shuheng thought for a while and said: "It is still necessary to open a new school to obtain scholars. We should continue to suppress the Kong family and not give them a chance to stand up. They cannot be allowed to use the cloak of Kong Sage to seek their own wealth as before. They are private, oppress the people, and destroy the enemy's stability."
Almost no one in the top management of Huzi Banner had a favorable impression of Kong's actions in Qufu and even in Shandong as a whole, and the same was true for Li Shuheng.
"It is easy for us to suppress the Kong family, but how can we ensure that our descendants can still restrain the Kong family after one or two generations? I am afraid that after two or three generations, the Kong family will still return to its former glory." Liu Heng said.
Li Shuheng's brows furrowed when he heard this.
This possibility is not impossible, but it is very possible.
He believed that when Taizu of the Ming Dynasty first established the country, he would definitely impose some restrictions on the Kong family. At least he would not receive as much preferential treatment as later. However, after a hundred or two hundred years, the Kong family still grew into a behemoth. Even the royal family Relatives and family members should all stay out of the way.
"Kong is indeed a trouble, but we can't stop eating because of choking. We must give scholars a channel for advancement." Li Shuheng said with a conflicted look.
Liu Heng said: "Yes, you have to give others a channel to rise, otherwise there will be enemies everywhere, which will be detrimental to the Tiger Flag. We cannot ruin the future of the Tiger Flag because of a Kong family."
"What we can do now is to suppress the Kong family and prevent it from getting stronger. We can only see what future generations will do in the future." Li Shuheng expressed his support for opening up a subject to obtain scholars.
The Tiger-Character Banner needs talents, the scholars under the Tiger-Character Banner also need a channel to become officials, and the people at the bottom also need an opportunity to change their class, no matter how difficult it may be to change their class.
Once Tiger Character Banner cuts off this possibility, it is equivalent to pushing everyone except Tiger Character Flag itself to the opposite side.
Because he understood this, Li Shuheng knew that even if the Kong family was likely to return to its past in the future, Tiger Character Banner would still need to open up a new subject to recruit scholars and win over those scholars.
Liu Heng looked thoughtful and tapped his fingers on the table.
Li Shuheng on the side did not interrupt, quietly waiting for Liu Heng's final decision.
After a while, Liu Heng raised his head and said, "What do you think if we change the method of opening subjects to obtain talents to cultivate talents?"
"Another method? Chaju?" Li Shuheng asked.
Liu Heng shook his head and said: "The imperial examination will definitely not work. It can easily turn into nepotism. The imperial examination will be relatively fair, but what I want to say is that you cannot become an official just by passing the Jinshi examination like in the past dynasties, and the worst is to be a seventh grader. The Jinshi who passed the examination spent most of their time studying, and they may not be very concerned about government affairs. Even if they have received some training before taking office, most people are still ignorant of how to be an official, and it is difficult to handle official affairs well. At that time, the county magistrate of Lingqiu was just a man who was only good at writing and didn't understand other nonsense. As an official, he only made money and was of no use in governing the place."
"That's true, but this is already the best way. At most, the new officials can only be lowered in rank, and try not to let them take charge of the local area. Even if they go to the local government, they can start as deputy. ." Li Shuheng said.
Liu Heng said: "Your method only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. To be honest, it won't work for a new Jinshi to be a seventh-rank official or even a sixth-rank official as soon as they come up. This is too much preferential treatment."
"My lord, you don't want the new Jinshi to start as a minor official!" Li Shuheng was shocked and said immediately, "Doing this will only make enemies of the scholars. Even if the tiger-character flag raises the status of a minor official, the minor official himself Care is a lowly career, and a scholar will never be willing to be a petty official unless he has no choice."
After hearing this, Liu Heng shook his head slightly and said: "Of course, the new Jinshi cannot be a small official, but we can change the imperial examination model and let more scholars be on the list to change the situation where it is difficult for scholars to become officials. Moreover, we have a tiger character. The flag's petty officials have a way to rise, and although they are not considered officials, they are still serious members of the government, and they are not in a lowly profession."
"Change the imperial examination model?" Li Shuheng was stunned and didn't quite understand.
Liu Heng said: "We can transfer the model of the Jiangwu Hall. Anyone who is a scholar can pass the scientific examination to enter the Jiangwu Hall, and then through the Jiangwu Hall, a group of qualified officials can be trained and sent to various places to work in politics. But they cannot From the beginning, it will be for high-ranking officials, and some outstanding students will be selected to start from the ninth rank, and ordinary students will start from ordinary officials. Students with ability will naturally be cut out from the officials, and will be promoted slowly, while students without ability will be promoted. I can only work at the bottom level for the rest of my life, which can be regarded as cultivating usable talents for the Tiger Flag."
"It sounds a bit like the Imperial College, but also a bit different." Li Shuheng said hesitantly.
Liu Heng said: "The Jiangwu Hall and the Imperial College are somewhat similar, but our Imperial College needs to be admitted by examination, not by relying on connections, and we need to recruit more students, and we can even build an Imperial College in every province. In this way, in the future we will also have an Imperial College. Don’t worry about the North and South rankings.”
"The method is good, but those scholars may not be willing. I am afraid they still prefer the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty." Li Shuheng said worriedly.
Liu Hengdao: "There will definitely be resistance at the beginning, but there are always scholars who are willing to accept it. We only need to win over those scholars who are willing to accept this form of imperial examination, so that we can divide the scholars internally and select talents for the Tiger-Character Banner, and As long as we give scholars more opportunities to become officials, of course the scholars will adapt to it and support this form of imperial examination."
"I'm afraid there will be some trouble in the early stage!" Li Shuheng said.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, our Tiger Flag is a new dynasty. What others need is to adapt to us, rather than us to cater to them. The important thing is that we can also open other schools under the Jiangwu Hall. Scholars Just like the examination of middle school students first, then the examination of scholars and promotion of talents, and finally the examination of Jinshi, we can also set up first-level schools to cultivate talents through the system."
(End of chapter)
