"Um!"
Nodding slightly, the First Emperor pondered and said: "The Xiongnu incident cannot be spread. It is not yet stable. It can be delayed for one day!"
"The empire also needs to resume production. Once the news is released, it will only disturb people's hearts."
"promise!"
Nodding in agreement, Ying Shu also agreed with this statement.
Today's Great Qin Empire is indeed not suitable for any disturbance. Those remnants of the Six Kingdoms can do anything, and it is not impossible for a leading party to emerge.
After an hour, the meeting will continue.
Li Si continued.
"Your Majesty, although preparations for the construction of schools at all levels in Guanzhong have begun, due to the short time, no scholars have yet graduated, and some schools have even just begun construction!"
"Shanglin Academy alone cannot meet the empire's need for officials. There is still a date for the national examination, and we have no way of knowing whether the scholars who participate in the national examination will become qualified officials!"
At this moment, Li Si had a complicated look on his face and said to the First Emperor, "I would like to ask your Majesty to issue an edict to speed up the preparations for the construction of academic palaces at all levels. This situation must be resolved!"
Hearing this, the First Emperor also looked a little heavy. This matter was a top priority for Great Qin.
After taking a sip of hot tea, the First Emperor turned to Li Si and said, "Prime Minister Li, how many gaps do I have among the civil servants of Great Qin?"
Hearing this, Li Si and Ying Shu looked at each other, then turned to the First Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the gap is huge."
"Nowadays, there are no redundant people in Xianyang at all. Many officials in the entire Qin Dynasty have inherited the officials from the previous six countries..."
"I previously discussed with the Prime Minister and Lord Min, and originally planned to replace a group of people, but due to the lack of officials trained by our Da Qin, we had to stop..."
Hearing Li Si's words, the First Emperor was a little confused. He knew in his heart that training officials was not something that happened overnight. It took years or decades of training.
There is a gap in civil servants.
This is fatal to the empire.
Although the establishment of the academy is on the agenda, except for the Shanglin Academy, the other academy will not be put to great use in a short period of time.
The First Emperor knew clearly that this matter needed to be resolved immediately.
The First Emperor's gaze passed over the ministers, who were silent and did not dare to look at each other because they had no solution.
After taking a sip of hot tea, Ying Shu was a little helpless. He naturally understood Li Si's concerns. In the Qin Empire, many officials were soldiers who were transferred to other places. The advantage of doing so was loyalty.
However, the disadvantages of military governance are obvious.
Moreover, the Great Qin Empire appointed many officials from the Six Kingdoms, and these officials themselves were a source of instability.
Li Si mentioned it once before, but due to some reasons, he had to leave it alone.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Ying Shu couldn't help but stand up and said to the First Emperor: "Father, I think that the empire can train and assess officials in various counties!"
"To increase officials' familiarity with government affairs."
At this moment, Ying Shu looked straight at the First Emperor and said: "Officials from all counties, counties and villages in the empire must enter the Imperial Officials Training Academy in Xianyang to study!"
"The experience of participating in the Imperial Official Academy training will become an important indicator for the promotion of Imperial officials!"
"Now that the empire is becoming more stable, I thought we should formulate this policy to ensure the growth of the empire's officials!"
"As for the academy, we can only do it step by step!"
"First improve this national examination, and then make a decision after the national examination is over!"
"At the same time, please give an order from my father to have the Black Ice Platform and the Hidden Palace Intelligence Office spread out across major counties in the Central Plains to confirm the registration status of the scholars!"
"Anyone who dares to stop us will destroy the three tribes!"
"My son is willing to carry the sword and act!"
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At this moment, the thought flashed in the mind of the First Emperor. At this moment, Great Qin had only completed the unification of its territory, and the rest had not yet been completed.
He naturally supports Ying Shu's strategy.
After pondering for a long time, the First Emperor nodded and said, "Xu Itchi Department and Hidden Palace, continue to build the academy and strive to expand to the counties!"
"The imperial court should cultivate masters and gradually improve the school system!"
"Today's empire needs more and more capable officials. I have decided to build a Qin official crash academy in Xianyang for half a year!"
"At the same time, an edict was issued to the people of the world, setting the national examination as the basic national policy of the Qin Empire!"
"This national policy is called the national examination!"
'Usually divided into local county examinations, imperial examinations and palace examinations. "
"The first place in the county examination is called "Jie Yuan", the first place in the imperial examination is "Guoyuan", and the first place in the imperial examination is called "Zhuang Yuan"."
Having said this, the First Emperor took a sip of tea and pondered for a quarter of an hour. His sharp eyes swept over the ministers present, and he spoke eloquently: "Since the Zhou Dynasty, the method of selection in rural elections has been adopted, that is, selected by village elders and others. The wise men in the local area went through the local governors to pay tribute, and then went straight to the center of the imperial court."
"The wise men who submit tribute to the imperial court will be personally examined by the imperial court and then appointed."
"However, before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, only princes and nobles could receive education and become scholars!"
"The various components of the state institutions are actually mainly hereditary possessions by members of the ruling group. This is the Shiqing Shilu system of the Zhou Dynasty."
"Under this system, even if there is some kind of recommendation and selection, it basically does not go beyond the scope of the patriarchal family."
“It is only by rare exceptions that those who are recommended for selection beyond the net of hereditary blood relations and ascend to high positions.”
"In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, etiquette collapsed and great strife ushered in. The system of ministers and officials was severely damaged. Some lower-class people who were not nobles were appointed under special circumstances. More and more cases were selected through recommendation and assessment. ."
"This is the main official appointment system of the current Great Qin. They are appointed by recommendation and assessment. Although our Great Qin has schools, their role is minimal and cannot meet the current needs of the Great Qin Empire for talents and officials."
"So, I have decided that starting from today, our country, Qin, will launch a national examination system. All registered scholars can participate in the national examination!"
"Scholars registered with the imperial court can register for the examination on their own without having to be recommended by officials first; at the same time, the national examination is held regularly."
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Having said this, the First Emperor glanced at the ministers and said word by word: "As soon as the scholars participating in the assessment are over, they will immediately enter the Great Qin Officials Express Academy for half a year of training!"
"Then we will conduct an assessment and evaluation, and then appoint them based on their grades and normal performance."
"This matter is independently planned by the Prefecture Department. The national government can supervise but cannot interfere. The Preface Department is directly responsible to me!"
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