I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

On the second day, after the court meeting ended.

Kong Yingda, who had been waiting outside Suzaku's door all morning, finally sent out the memorial in his hand - he only has a title to spare now, and he has resigned from his official position long ago.

Li Shimin looked at this memorial, and was somewhat disapproving.

He just took it as a nomination certificate sent by Kong Yingda, but after a few glances, he held his breath and looked again.

Word by word, he read very carefully.

"Chongyuan really gave me a big surprise." After Li Shimin finished reading, he took a breath carefully, he pushed the memorial forward, and signaled Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to come and take a look.

The two little old men were also a little surprised.

His Majesty changed his address with only one memorial, and called him "Chongyuan" so affectionately. Did he regard the head of the Kong family as one of his own?
Their two heads were close together, and they looked at it seriously.

"This doesn't look like something that Chongyuan can write." After reading it, Fang Xuanling also changed his address, but shook his head and finalized his next conclusion.

Li Shimin laughed: "He just returned to Chang'an yesterday, so he went to the restaurant to ask the store owner for advice."

As he spoke, he paused and pointed to a sentence in the memorial: "Especially this sentence, the imperial examination is not for the court, but for the world."

"This is not something that Chongyuan can say. Who else in the world would dare to say such a thing except that kid from the store?"

It doesn't look like much at first glance, but if you think about it a little more carefully.

Doesn't it mean that the imperial power is separated from the world.The court is the court of imperial power, but the world is the world of the people.

Li Shimin himself has this understanding, so he will not be angry, and he is a little relieved - at least there are people like him who can realize this, and it is not only Yin Xuan who dares to say these words.

At least, Kong Yingda dared not to say such things in the name of others.

Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

Li Shimin glanced at them, didn't pursue it, but tapped the table lightly, and said softly: "I don't quite understand why the store emphasizes such a thing so much."

In Kong Yingda's memorial, there are at least five or six mentions that the imperial examination is not only for the selection of officials, but also for the selection of useful talents from all walks of life.

Fang Xuanling cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think that being a good official and doing good things are not the same thing."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, nodded, and signaled Fang Xuanling to continue.

Fang Xuanling continued: "From what the store owner has learned, said, and done, we can see that we may have gone the wrong way."

"A good official may make a country safe and sound, free from bandits and horse thieves, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but... he can only manage personnel affairs."

"It's a destiny. If there are locust plagues, droughts, or floods, no matter how good he is, he won't be able to feed the people."

"No matter how capable he is as an official, he can't make cheap baked glass, gunpowder, fireworks, or concrete roads."

"I think that what the shopkeeper meant was to say that Datang not only needs talents who can be officials, but also talents who can make cement roads, gunpowder, and hybrid crops."

Li Shimin nodded and fell silent.

This is even more troublesome than the reform of the imperial examination system.

"I know." Li Shimin sighed, and did not use this excuse to continue. It still depends on how much Yin Xuan can produce. The fate of the country is not a child's play. "Let's talk about the reform of the imperial examination system first."

"With the Kong family taking the lead, I'm afraid those aristocratic families have nothing to say?"

Fang Xuanling pursed her lips: "I'm afraid there will be objections from the Confucius family in Qufu."

Li Shimin sneered: "The Confucius family in Qufu?"

"Hasn't the Kong family moved to Chang'an?"

"What other Confucians are there in Qufu?"

As he spoke, he paused for a moment: "The Ministry of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China drafted an order that the Patriarch of the Confucian family and the men of Qufu County had made great contributions in reforming the imperial examination system. I canonized him as the Marquis of Qufu County, and granted him the title of Thousand Households in Shiyi."

"Supervised by the secretary, join Jin Zi... No, join Dr. Guanglu."

Fang Xuanling's heart skipped a beat, he glanced at Li Shimin, cupped his hands and said.

This is not the normal promotion process at all.

Above the county man is the county son, and above the county son is the county uncle.The county magistrate is above the county uncle, and there are thousands of households in the city, which is a bit too big for a county magistrate.

The canonization of official positions is even more exaggerated.

The secretary supervisor is an official position from the third grade. Simply put...it is the position of the administrator of the National Library. It has no real power, but the status is there.

Not to mention Doctor Guanglu's position as an essay official.Doctor Jinzi Guanglu is a third-rank official, and although Doctor Guanglu lacks the title of "Jinzi", this is an official position from the second rank.

It is almost the highest official position among Wensan officials, and above that are Tejin and Kaifuyitong three divisions. In the entire court, only Li Jing, who has returned from old age, occupies such a position.

Just in terms of status, Kong Yingda is almost comparable to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others.

No one can stop this leap.

Wei Zheng is not qualified to participate in this kind of council, and if he participates, he will not be arrogant.

They all knew in their hearts why Li Shimin did this - it was tantamount to declaring war with the aristocratic family. Even if they couldn't kill them completely, they would have to bite off a piece of flesh.

Kong Yingda didn't know what would happen when his memorial was submitted.

He was still a little apprehensive.

Since he returned to Chang'an, he didn't hide his news, and the matter of the Kong family's separation gradually spread.

Many scholars in Tongfu restaurant discussed this matter.

"Have you heard that the Kong family has split up?" A scholar turned his head around and whispered when he didn't see Kong Yingda.

"The Kong family? Which Kong family?" Some people were still at a loss.

"Stupid, who else can be called the Kong family?" Someone raised his hand and hit the man on the head hard.

The man covered his head with tears in his eyes: "Impossible, he... How could he separate?"

"Recently that Confucian Confucian returned to Chang'an and brought back a group of Confucian children. I found out from them." The person who spoke at the beginning continued, "It is said that he is dissatisfied with the behavior of the Confucian family. , so if you want to reform the Confucian family, you have made such a move to divide the family."

One person sneered: "It's really stupid. If it is innovation, it is innovation at home. How can he do such an unfilial act of dividing the family?"

There are many people who share his opinion.

Although most of them came from humble backgrounds, they undoubtedly sided with the Confucius family in Qufu on this matter.Most people have never interacted with the Kong family, and they still regard it as a golden signboard and a sacred place for scholars.