Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"Of course it is necessary. Any reform is not a dinner party. It can be settled casually. The progress of a country is made through exploration, and the improvement of any system is also improved through exploration."

"Although the current unified examination system looks very good, we cannot completely negate the old system. Our people cannot bear too much change. Therefore, as an official and the helm of this country, every step we take must be taken seriously." Be cautious."

"Because of a small change in national policy, the impact on the entire people may be a lifetime."

"Then, under the premise that the past system is unreasonable and obsolete without confirmation, we must make bold assumptions, carefully verify the evidence, and reform with an extremely firm determination, but at the same time, we must change at a cautious pace."

"The talents selected by the unified examination system seem to be good at present, but are the talents selected by the traditional imperial examination system and the traditional civil selection system even worse?"

"Before this group of talents is selected, we can't completely deny them, so we have to give them one chance, or even multiple chances, to let them take the imperial examination seriously, and then let them enter various yamen after the talents are selected. Work and prove themselves."

"If they are indeed better, then why should I cancel the imperial examination? Because they are also talented!"

"But if they are not good, it's like some rumors from the outside world. In the past, the disciples of the nobles appeared to be elites because they had no competition. The reason why they passed the exam was because the number of them was too small. In fact, they were all idiots. , idiot talk."

"Such rumors are indispensable, but the emergence of anything must be questioned and tested before it can be handed down, just like the unified examination. At the beginning, the people said everything. I heard that many people said chicken There are still no golden phoenixes flying in the nest. But there are still many students who are from the common people who have achieved good results in the exams and won the first grade. Now they are also performing very well in various yamen, and they are deeply praised by everyone here? "

"This shows that nothing is absolute."

"There is a folk saying that it is a mule or a horse that comes out for a walk. So instead of canceling the imperial examination, we will increase the scale. The scale of the imperial examination will be expanded next year. All qualified students in the past can join. And the scale of admissions next year will also expand.”

"Now Datang is on the road of rapid progress. Datang needs a large number of officials. As long as they are talented, I will give them a platform to show off! The Tang court will give them a platform to display their talents!"

"Even some folks who claim to be capable, but have no chance to take the imperial examination, and are too old to take the unified examination, can also recommend themselves to take the imperial examination."

"How about the grades, the exam is over, and you will be on the job. After a year or two, you will know." Li Ke said calmly.

"Liang Guogong, do you still have objections?"

Fang Xuanling bent down and saluted: "I would like to report to Your Majesty, what Your Highness said is very true, I have no objection, and I believe other ministers have no objection."

"Where are the others?" Li Ke looked at the others.

Everyone looked around, what else could they say?In other words, Li Ke has already said this, and they seem to have nothing to say, because if you still object, don’t you think that the elites cultivated by the elites from the aristocratic families are not as good as those of the upper class? Children of poor people who have been studying for a few years?

If this is the case, then it really seems that there is no need for the imperial examinations to exist, and it may not exist. Your Highness has made it very clear.

So of course they would not object, and this matter naturally passed the consent of the entire court.

Seeing that no one objected, Li Ke said directly, "Is the historian here?"

"The minister is here." The historian sitting next to the court stood up.

"Copy what I just said without changing the original text, and then send it to the Propaganda Department. The Propaganda Department will hand it over to Datang Weekly for distribution to the world, and tell all the common people and scholars in the world." Li Ke said directly .

"Yes!"

All the ministers: "..."

Everyone fell silent. If it is announced to the world, the scale of the imperial examination next year must be quite large.

After all, many people are allowed to recommend themselves.

After the court meeting ended, the news quickly spread throughout Chang'an City at an astonishing speed. Even when the Datang Weekly was published two days later, the people in Chang'an City basically knew about it.

"His Royal Highness King Qin is more generous. What His Highness said is so good that nothing can be completely denied. As long as it is for the benefit of the people, His Highness is willing to carefully verify it."

"Hmph, let's see if these so-called elites are really that powerful."

"We don't know if it's that powerful or not. Naturally, the ministers above the court will judge, but those ministers must also come from aristocratic families."

"It must be from a powerful family, but His Highness will definitely supervise them. Besides, this is not a competition. As long as they are talented, they can make Datang better. Didn't Your Highness say that they are only talented?" Lift it?"

"I just don't know if the test results of these ordinary people can compare with these people. I think they are all elite education. How can we compare them? How many years are they ahead, and we want to catch up with them after only a few years of learning? "

"That's right, people who think they are great after just a few years of study are too arrogant. They are just real elites who haven't taken the exam yet."

"Hey, since Your Highness is still holding imperial examinations, does it mean that the officials who have been tested by ordinary people are not good at all? Otherwise, why not ban them and use officials who have been tested by ordinary people? Obviously, the ability is not comparable. "

"You brag about the candidates from these aristocratic families. How much money did they give you? Let me tell you, the students of our ordinary people are amazing. After at least a few years of study, they can become officials in the court, right? Give them a longer period of time. Time to learn, they can definitely do better. We must have a certain tolerance for them, give them time to develop, and don't be so strict with our own people."

"Why should I not be strict with them? It's an important matter for the court, how can it be child's play? As for the disciples of those powerful families, their ancestors were all officials, so I can see it all. A child who was born farming like me, You can become an official after only a few years of schooling? Then this is too simple, if it is so simple, why has there been no official from an ordinary family in the past 1000 years?"

The people in Chang'an City were talking about it, and there were all kinds of voices.