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Chapter 198 Emperor Chongzhen Wants Reform
After discussing the exam content.
The difficulty of the exam content is divided into three levels.
Corresponding to the preliminary examination, promotion examination and final examination.
Use this method to screen out the required talents layer by layer.
The chief of staff said: "This kind of examination content and system is already very good. There seems to be no problem for the time being. If any problems are found during the implementation process, they can be improved in a timely manner.
However, your way of selecting talents is too unfamiliar to people of this era. I guess few people will be able to adapt to it at the beginning.
And you are currently in urgent need of talents in various fields. These two things conflict with each other. How do you plan to solve this problem?"
Mao Wenlong: "This is very simple. We will prepare a few mock exam papers according to the exam content and requirements.
Then they would print a large number of copies and sell them to the public. People who wanted to become officials or take the exams would naturally study them carefully. "
Chief of Staff: "This is a good idea, but I'm afraid many people will not be willing to accept it, and will not be able to adapt to it in a short period of time."
Mao Wenlong: "You don't have to worry about this at all. If others don't accept it, that's their business. But if anyone dares to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, I will make sure he knows why the flowers are so red.
As for the question of whether or not you are adaptable, Chief of Staff, you are underestimating human nature. There is no shortage of people who want to be officials in this world. If you want to gain power and status, you will naturally fight for it.
For example, before the Sui Dynasty, the appointment of officials had always been based on the recommendation system. Whether it was the recommendation system for filial and honest officials or the Nine-Rank System, it was essentially a recommendation system.
Starting from the Sui Dynasty, the imperial examination system began to appear. The aristocratic families who originally monopolized books and knowledge strongly opposed and obstructed it at the beginning.
But as time went on, after realizing that they could not reverse the trend, they quickly adapted to the new situation and took this opportunity to grow and develop..."
Shen Xibi: "Your Majesty is right. Now that Your Majesty has not only captured Liaodong, the Korean Peninsula and the prairie, the area north of the Yangtze River will soon fall into Your Majesty's hands.
The prince's power is now complete, and no one in the world can stop him! And the fighting power of the prince's team is unmatched.
Under such circumstances, anyone with a clear mind, except for those who are to be purged, will definitely try their best to integrate into the military and political system under the prince. This is the most beneficial to them..."
Mao Wenlong: "Let's work together these few days to get two sets of mock test papers. The printing and external sales will be left to you, Shen Xibi."
Shen Xibi quickly stood up and bent down.
He said respectfully: "I will obey the king's order and complete the task..."
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And then the next few days.
The Chief of Staff and Shen Xibi brought a group of people with them.
According to Mao Wenlong's request, two sets of mock test papers were produced.
After Mao Wenlong read it.
Some areas for improvement were also pointed out.
After modifying it several times.
The content of the mock test paper was quickly determined.
Then we rushed to print and announce the exam time to the public.
The first test is scheduled for early July.
The examination venue is set in various prefectures
The promotion examination is scheduled for the end of August, and the examination venue is set in the provincial capitals of various regions.
The final exam is scheduled for October, and the location is naturally in Beijing!
Once the content of the exam is announced.
It immediately caused an uproar.
Some people strongly oppose it, some people watch silently, and some people fully support it.
Mao Wenlong and others just watched silently.
As long as no one jumps out to cause trouble.
Mao Wenlong and his men won't make any big moves.
The reaction to this incident was not so severe in the North, even though some people strongly opposed it in their hearts.
Nor do they dare to make radical remarks.
I dare not do anything extreme.
After all, everyone is afraid of death, but there are not many people who are truly stubborn and not afraid of death.
But it's completely different in the South.
All areas still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
No matter they were officials or scholars, all educated people were strongly opposed to it.
Many people gather together throughout the day.
He severely criticized the examination content set by Mao Wenlong.
After Mao Wenlong received this information.
He sneered disdainfully: "Haha! They are all in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. What does the content of our exam have to do with them?
I didn't invite them to take the exam, and I didn't even think of inviting them to be officials. They are just worrying about nothing. They can't do any real work, but they are very good at talking nonsense..."
Mao Wenlong shrugged it off.
I don't take those guys who only know how to talk big seriously at all.
He even dared to destroy Mao Wenlong of the K family.
As for other Confucian disciples, that goes without saying...
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Mao Wenlong doesn't care.
However, Chongzhen had a headache when he got to the emperor.
The ministers in the court made memorials one after another.
Request Emperor Chongzhen to issue an edict to completely negate Mao Wenlong's actions.
Request Emperor Chongzhen to take the lead in criticizing Mao Wenlong.
Emperor Chongzhen did not respond to this.
Then when going to court.
Those ministers actually stopped doing anything else and just kept talking about this matter.
This caused Emperor Chongzhen a lot of headaches.
I wish I could kill all those corrupt scholars!
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen saw Mao Wenlong's plan and the mock test papers that were sold publicly.
I was actually very excited.
I think Mao Wenlong’s plan is very good.
We can select talents who can get practical things done.
Instead of being like those old guys in the court who only engage in party struggles and talk nonsense all day long!
Emperor Chongzhen was troubled by the fire.
Just call Wang Huazhen and Yuan Chonghuan.
Should we take this opportunity to reform the content of the imperial examination?
Wang Huazhen and Yuan Chonghuan were shocked.
This emperor is too impatient.
Is reform so easy?
Could it be that he wants to fall into the water again?
Wang Huazhen quickly advised: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely not allowed! If we follow Mao Wenlong's approach and comprehensively reform the content of the imperial examination, I'm afraid someone will rebel immediately!"
Yuan Chonghuan: "What Lord Wang said makes sense. Jiangnan is the base camp of the Donglin Party. They run this place like an iron barrel.
Now they want to escape, and want to take advantage of the opportunity of the imperial army's southern expedition to jump out of the encirclement of Mao Wenlong and others, and then flee overseas.
Therefore, even if they don’t fully cooperate with the affairs of the imperial court, at least they won’t sabotage in secret. After all, their own lives are more important, and they don’t want to die under Mao Wenlong’s knife!
Therefore, it is better to be still than to act now. We should first organize the army to complete the southern expedition. There is fertile land there that can produce three crops a year. It is a treasure land for the court and the west!
With those fertile and vast lands, we will have the foundation to create another prosperous era. We can put the reforms aside for now and wait until the situation stabilizes..."
Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said, "This is obviously a very good plan. Why can't we follow it and carry out reforms?"