at this time.
The doctor censor next to him had his eyes bright.
The imperial examination system is the way to select officials for the prince, right?
"Prince, can you elaborate?"
"Can!"
Xia Tian explained seriously: "As the name suggests, it is to select the world's talents through the imperial examination, and to select people from different majors to serve in various ministries of the imperial court through examinations divided into subjects!"
"This exam is not only a test of reading and writing, not only a test of reading and writing, but also a test of professional ability. Official positions are awarded based on ability!"
"Those with great ability are great officials!"
"Those with little ability are petty officials!"
The third prince probably understands!
"Brother Ninth King..."
"presumptuous!"
The imperial censor scolded him with a righteous look on his face: "Third Prince, the person in front of you is His Royal Highness, please don't disturb your dignity!"
Third Prince: "..."
He glared at the censor doctor angrily!
This guy is so brave!
But when he thought of the imperial censor's reputation in the court, and of the Taiwei Li Jian behind the censor, the third prince's anger burst out!
In the court, the red-robed censor cannot be offended, and the censor doctor cannot be offended even more!
Therefore, the third prince had no choice but to change his title with a dark face: "Your Highness, although there were big problems in selecting officials using the method of promoting filial piety and integrity in the past, it can really select useful talents!"
"Because of the world's talented people, 70% of them are from major wealthy families!"
"Thirty percent are from poor families and ordinary people!"
"So, it makes sense that filial piety and integrity have been used to select officials for thousands of years!"
"If this method is abandoned because of the rebellion of the wealthy family... I believe that my father will not agree with it either!"
"Agree!"
The second prince and the fifth prince responded in unison, standing on the same front!
The reason is very simple. They usually make friends with noble families, and at the lowest level they are from poor families. They don't make friends with talented people at all!
But Death Laojiu is different!
Death Laojiu originally had no foundation in the court, let alone any wealthy family in the empire. He was the only prince who hung out with a group of refugees and homeless people every day. He naturally hoped to select officials from among the untouchables among the people and select some untouchables to support him. !
This is absolutely not okay!
The idea of the three princes is very simple. As long as the dead old nine agrees, they will oppose it!
"snort......"
Xia Tian's face turned cold: "Three brothers, you promised Gu... within these three months, you will listen to Gu and work together!"
"good!"
The third prince scratched his neck and said: "But you don't choose officials according to the rules, you want to get those untouchables who admire you to be officials, and you want to uproot our foundation in the court. This is absolutely impossible, and we will never agree to it!" "
"I absolutely agree!"
The second prince and the fifth prince stood firmly with the third prince.
Xia Tian had already expected it: "Three brothers, do you still want to untie the Yin Hand?"
The momentum of the three princes was released!
Is Death Laojiu threatening them?
at this time.
Outside the East Palace, Eunuch Wei's sharp voice sounded: "Please inform His Majesty the Crown Prince that His Majesty has a decree to announce that the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Third Prince, the Fifth Prince, and the Imperial Censor will come to the palace to have an audience!"
"yes!"
Half an hour later.
In the palace, the royal study room.
Prime Minister Zuo Sima Jian and Taiwei Li Jian were also announced, and everyone stood silently in front of the emperor's desk!
Emperor Xia sat on the chair and said with great interest: "After experiencing this rebellion of a wealthy family, I really feel that there is a big problem with selecting officials by promoting filial piety and integrity!"
"Prince, please analyze it!"
"yes!"
Xia Tian said seriously: "First of all, the biggest problem with allowing wealthy families to recommend officials is that it cuts off the way for ambitious and talented people in the empire to serve the country!"
"Wealthy families have always had a principle in recommending officials for their own benefit, that is, they will never recommend outsiders as officials!"
"Even if they have no one to recommend and can only recommend a fool to be an official, then they will recommend a fool to be an official, and they will never give up the official position to others, and they will never give up the benefits to others!"
"Over time, the abilities of court officials began to vary greatly!"
"It would be fine if those incompetent officials who were recommended just hang around all day, but if they take action to handle government affairs, not only will they not be able to handle government affairs well, they will also make government affairs more chaotic!"
"In a word, I can't do anything, and I am the first to cause trouble!"
"It would be even more terrifying if these incompetent officials were sent to the local governments. They could manage a place to the point where the people would have a hard time and force the people in the place to rebel!"
"With these officials here, the world will be in chaos sooner or later!"
"yes!"
Prime Minister Zuo Sima Jian was deeply moved: "It is indeed true!"
The emperor looked thoughtful: "Then let's talk about your imperial examination system!"
"yes!"
Xia Xia introduced: "For example, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is in charge of the appointment, dismissal and assessment of court officials. The person in this position must first have a pair of discerning eyes. He must be able to recognize people and see the advantages and disadvantages of officials. When using officials, they must use their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. , we need people to make the best use of their talents!”
"So, if you use the imperial examination to select officials, in addition to testing their knowledge, loyalty and integrity, the most important thing is to test whether they can recognize people? Can they employ people? Can they control people? Can they formulate a test plan? What’s the official idea?”
"If you choose a minister of the Ministry of Punishment, you must focus on whether he understands the law? Can he distinguish right from wrong? Can he resolve a case? Can the evil people of the empire not dare to do evil? Can he make good people live in peace of mind?"
"The same goes for the selection of officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry!"
"In Erchen's words, let professional people do professional things!"
“Don’t let laymen lead experts!”
"In this way, the ambitious and talented people in the world will have the opportunity to serve the country, so that the official positions in the imperial court will not be controlled by any one family, and the people of the empire will continue to advance!"
"There are many more benefits, so I won't go into details one by one. Please be aware of it!"
Suddenly, the imperial study fell into a thoughtful silence!
The three princes did not speak out against it rashly!
finally.
"What a great imperial examination system!"
Emperor Xia stood up and looked at Xia Tian with admiration: "With this method of selecting officials, we can ensure that the foundation of the empire will not be hollowed out, and we can continuously select talents for the imperial court!"
"What a wonderful method!"
"Prince, you are really good!"
"After you get down, write down the implementation method of the imperial examination in detail and show it to me!"
"yes!"
"Third brother, do you have any objection?"
The third prince shook his head: "No!"
"That's good!"
at the same time.
In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
The members of the Gao family and the Lu family were locked up next door, and they were both crying!
"do not Cry!"
The heads of the two families yelled angrily: "Will you not die if you cry?"
"They're all going to die!"
"Your Majesty will not let us go...never!"
Also at this time.
Gao Fei and Lu Shu entered the prison...
