Wang Meng is actually about the same age as Li Yue.
After tidying up and putting on new clothes, people will be more pleasing to the eye.
He is not handsome in appearance, but he has the perseverance and tallness common to northern Han people.
Li Yue rewarded him with a mansion, but he declined. He was granted the title of King Liang's Zuo Changshi, but he still declined, saying, "You will not be rewarded for your merits. Your Highness will always be rewarded for his hard work and punished for his mistakes. This is the foundation of governing the country and should not be taken lightly." Fei, I heard that the imperial examination is coming soon, and I would like to give it a try."
He was so confident that Li Yue didn't say anything.
After handling the daily official business, he will be consulted to discuss world affairs and anecdotes from ancient and modern times.
Wang Meng was erudite and talented, and he often quoted from other sources. He often hit the nail on the head, which benefited Li Yue a lot.
However, staying with Wang Meng all day long has also aroused the fear of other forces, and many people secretly pry.
Li Yue had to increase school affairs to protect his safety day and night.
The whole winter passed like this.
After the beginning of the new year, Liang Guo was busy again.
The soldiers trained for hunting, the people took care of their own land, the slaves built the roads in the counties, and Yue Ji continued to build the hospital.
More and more people are receiving maternity subsidy grain from the government.
When Li Yue visited Yecheng, he could often hear babies crying one after another.
And the sound of crying also makes people feel at ease.
News about the imperial examination was released at the beginning of autumn last year, and at the end of the year many people from all over the country came to Yecheng.
During the first imperial examination, people in other places were waiting and watching. The world was in chaos, roads were blocked, bandits were everywhere, and news spread slowly.
The area with the most talents is undoubtedly Jiangdong, but the celebrities in Jiangdong look down on Beiguo.
Li Yue took a look at the list of the imperial examination. There were 875 people, 40% of them were Cui, Liu, Lu, Zheng and other big surnames, 40% were powerful men such as Bian, Bao, Zang and Xin, and the remaining 20% were monks from humble families and martial arts halls. Disciples, there are very few true common people.
Those who can read and write in this era are by no means ordinary people.
Ordinary people have no access to books at all. They work all day long and have difficulty filling their stomachs. How can they have time to study?
This is also the reason why the powerful gentry did not oppose the imperial examination.
The imperial examination is divided into three parts: clear scriptures, clear calculations, and policy analysis.
The Ming Jing began during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Xuan Shao studied "Yan's Spring and Autumn Annals" and also understood several family laws. At the beginning of Jianwu, the Ming Jing was cited.
The Northern Kingdom has been reduced to a state of humiliation for more than forty years, and it is natural that the ancient books of the sages have certain progressive significance.
However, Confucianism in this era has not yet been castrated. Not only is it not decadent, it is also relatively vigorous.
During the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, the Western Regions were opened up, and those who mounted their horses to kill people and dismounted their horses to govern the people were all Confucian scholars.
Lu Zhi, a great scholar of the generation, led troops to put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Zhuge Wuhou, Sima Yi, and Lu Xun were all familiar with the classics. However, in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the trend changed. They turned to metaphysics, talked about mysteries, were pragmatic rather than pragmatic, and indulged in pleasure. , extravagant and decadent, and ashamed of joining the army.
The six arts of a gentleman are etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and numeracy.
Mathematics is among them.
Li Yue personally believes that mathematics is the starting point of all sciences. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, not only medicine made great progress, but mathematics was also unique.
At the time of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Liu Hui, a master of arithmetic, had sorted out a classical mathematical theory system and advocated logical reasoning.
Li Yue personally feels that China does not lack metaphysical things, but only lacks the spirit of seeking truth from facts.
Adding clear calculation is always more reliable than metaphysics and the like.
Moreover, mathematics is also of great use. In the future, people with a certain mathematical foundation will be needed to measure land, count populations, calculate expenditures, etc.
Of course, what Li Yue values most is strategy.
It is equivalent to the state consulting and governing the country, which has already taken shape in the Han Dynasty.
The topic is also simple and direct: How to make a country rich and its army strong.
The exam was divided into three days. The first session was the most crowded, and it was almost a special session for the powerful children of the gentry. The second session was mostly the disciples of the Shangwu Hall and a few powerful ones. The third session was much less crowded. There are only thirty-one people.
However, Li Yue could also see that although there were few policy makers, they were all elites among the powerful sons of the gentry.
Even Cui Hong died in person, and the Zheng family also sent talented people Zheng Huo, Liu Qun's grandson Liu Zhao, Lu Chen's grandson Lu Miao, etc. to join in the fun.
The most special among these people is Wang Meng.
After the imperial examination was completed, Ming Jing and Ming Calculation were handed over to Liu Qun, Shen Zhong, and Tiao You for review, and Li Yue reviewed the policy himself.
Most of them are nothing new.
It's just about increasing taxes, cultivating fields, encouraging births, etc. The calligraphy is good and the reading is catchy, which shows the literary accomplishment of the children of the aristocratic family.
But it is cultivated but not nutritious.
Some people even advocated breaking off the war and making peace with the Murong clan, temporarily avoiding the Murong clan's sharpness, and forming a kingdom of brothers. In order to achieve this goal, the three counties of Eastern Hebei can be cut off and concentrate on the development of the Central Plains. After ten years, there will be enough troops and food. , and then counterattacked the Murong clan...
Li Yue didn't even look at his name and just set him on fire.
Once the door to peace is opened, it is difficult to close it later.
Taking a step back these days does not mean that the sea and the sky are bright, but that others are pushing their limits.
The Liang and Yan families are in a fight to the death. Whoever retreats will be doomed.
Even Cui Hong's policies are all clichés, such as formulating decrees, establishing court rituals, and reforming the official system.
These things are useful, but at this stage, there is no time for these fancy things.
Only Wang Meng's strategy is eye-catching. He advocates moving the powerful powers from the four states of Henan to the surroundings of Yecheng. The larger ones will gather in the city and the smaller ones will build forts to increase the strength of Yecheng. At the same time, it will reduce the powerful powers' control over the local area and release the land. ,population.
"... In the past, the Han Dynasty was so strong because the powerful people from all over the world moved into the capital. The great beams supported the six states of Ji, Henan, Yan, Qing, Xu, and Yang, but they were trapped between the north and the south. Why? Big and It is not strong, broad but not prosperous. The gentry is powerful and separatist the local area. The small ones have thousands of private soldiers, and the large ones have over ten thousand. They own all the fertile land without paying taxes or doing corvee! All counties and counties are old officials from the previous dynasty and have no progress. There is no desire to care for the people, and the country is slightly turbulent. Those from the north will defect to Yan, and those from the south will defect to Jin..."
After Li Yue finished reading, he couldn't help but sweat for Wang Meng.
Wang Meng, Wang Meng, is really a powerful medicine.
If word of this policy spreads, I don't know how many open and covert arrows will be aimed at him.
The question now faced Li Yue, whether he dared to drink this powerful medicine.
I also admire Fu Jian in history. Since ancient times, good ministers and Ming lords have complemented each other, just like Shang Yang and Qin Xiaogong. Without Qin Xiaogong's unwavering support, how long could Shang Yang survive? Without Fu Jian's support, it would be difficult for Wang Meng to succeed.
He came here under the orders of Ge Daliang.
A smile curled up at the corner of Li Yue's lips, igniting Wang Meng's strategy.
The first imperial examination of the founding of Daliang was just like this.
It is clear that 10% of the people will be hired, and 72 people will be hired out of 75 people. The remaining three people can't even basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They are obviously here to fill the numbers.
In policy theory, Liu Zhao, Lu Miao and Zheng Huo were the top three.
Cui Hong was fourth, which was a knock on him.
Wang Meng was only ranked ninth, but Li Yue promoted him to be the magistrate of Dong'e County, where most of Yanzhou's powerful people were located.
(End of chapter)
