Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 172

Chapter 233

The imperial examination is a very important system. It can select officials and form a huge interest group.

In the previous imperial examination system, aristocratic families accounted for the majority, because they wanted money and books, and their starting point was higher than that of humble scholars, so it is normal that there are more people in the early years than poor scholars.

But a large number of people is better than a complete monopoly.

Before the imperial examination system, almost all officials in the imperial court were children of aristocratic families, and the chances of getting ahead from a humble family were slim.

Today, under the imperial examination system, although the overall number of officials from poor families is still inferior to that of aristocratic families, they have also become a force that cannot be underestimated.

Today, representatives of poor families in the court are Ma Zhou, Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, and Sun Fujia, Minister of Dali Temple.

In recent years, officials from poor families have more and more power to speak in the court. Although they are still not as good as those from aristocratic families, they can still be regarded as able to speak.

The establishment of the imperial examination this time was not an order from Li Tai, but an imperial decree from Li Shimin left in Shangshu Province.

This time Li Shimin seemed determined to fight against the aristocratic family, and a series of orders were almost all aimed at the aristocratic family.

But now that Li Shimin is in Goguryeo, if the aristocratic family wants to find him for a theory, they can just go to Goguryeo.

The aristocratic family obviously didn't have the courage, so they could only bear it obediently.

This time the imperial examination, poor families may be able to produce a lot of people. There have been so many purges before, and many positions in the officialdom have been lost. Originally, the next level was the top, but there must still be vacancies.

So now the imperial examination can be regarded as filling the previous vacancies.

Many people attached great importance to this imperial examination.

Especially the Shandong clan and the Jiangnan Hua clan stopped fighting for a while and concentrated on preparing for this scientific expedition!
In this scientific examination, the number of admitted students was 46, and the situation was different from the past.

Leaving aside the difficulty of the exam, as long as one can successfully become a Jinshi, one can directly enter the imperial court and become an official.

So this is a good opportunity to increase your power. As long as your own people succeed in the scientific examination, you will have a lot of voice in the court.

All the forces are fighting for each other. Originally, everyone joined hands to deal with the imperial court, but when they heard that the imperial court was going to hold the imperial examination, this loose alliance broke down in an instant. After thinking for a while, everyone turned against each other tacitly.

Friends...come on, who is your friend...

The Shandong Clan and the Jiangnan Scholars, these two major forces secretly competed with each other, and they both wanted to compare each other.

When the two sides were secretly fighting, twelve people were standing in front of Li Chengqian cautiously.

"Why are there only twelve?" Li Chengqian rubbed his nose with a headache, really speechless.

Among the one hundred thousand people in Qianzhou, only twelve people were qualified to take the scientific examination. This... is really shabby.

Zhuge Liang smiled wryly at the side and said, "Your Highness, the 12 of them are the smartest, and they are among the best among all the students. However, they have only studied for a few years, so it may be difficult for them to take the scientific examination."

Li Chengqian frowned and looked at the twelve people. They were about 30 to 40 years old, with elegant appearance and gentle manners.

"Do you know the Four Books and Five Classics?" Li Chengqian asked lightly.

No matter how the method of scientific research changes, the content always revolves around the Four Books and Five Classics, so it is necessary to master these books first.

"His Royal Highness, we all know it." The 12 people said one after another, clasping their hands.

Li Chengqian said "Oh", and said: "Now this king wants to accept you as students, what do you think?"

"what?"

The 12 people were stunned at the same time, and then looked at each other.

As the saying goes, being a teacher for a day and being a father for life, worshiping others as a teacher these days is almost the same as finding a father.

So when Li Chengqian said this, didn't he just want to be their father?
Besides, Li Chengqian had never taught them anything, this apprenticeship was too sudden.

Seeing their hesitation, Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and said, "What? Don't you want to?"

Immediately, one person stood up, thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, there are so many government affairs in Qianzhou, and you are busy with everything, so you probably don't have time to teach us?"

"Ha ha…"

Li Chengqian smiled softly.

The meaning of this person's words is very vague. It probably means that your Highness, you can manage Qianzhou with peace of mind, but you can teach and educate people. You should wash up and sleep, you are not that kind of material.

"Do you think I am not qualified to teach you?"

"no no…"

Everyone shook their heads, but their expressions said everything.

"There is a saying that if three people walk together, there must be my teacher. How do you know that this king is not qualified?"

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Then let's fight poetry, if I win, you can worship me as your teacher, how about it?"

"it is good!"

The man spoke again, "Your Highness, please ask a question."

"The first spring is coming soon, so let's take spring as the theme. Which one of you will come first?" Li Chengqian said.

"Your Highness, I'll come first..."

The twelve scholars all read their poems one after another.

The artistic conception is not bad, it can't be called perfect, but it sounds like that, at least it can be called a poem.

"It's all pretty good. It can be seen that you have worked hard all these years!" Li Chengqian smiled.

But immediately, he suppressed his smile, and said calmly, "It's my turn to compose a poem, and the title is Chunxiao..."

"When you sleep in spring, you don't feel dawn, and you hear birds singing everywhere."

"The night comes wind and rain, Whispering Colour."

After reading, he didn't care about the reactions of these scholars, he sighed softly, and said slightly dissatisfied: "Oh, there are too many things recently, which annoys me very much, so I don't have any inspiration for a while, and I can't write any good poems." Come on, shame on you!"

Looking up, he saw more than a dozen scholars, and even Zhuge Liang looked at him in shock.

"The night comes wind and rain, Whispering Colour…"

"The artistic conception of these two sentences is really too high."

"The language is easy, fresh and natural, and the meaning is smooth. It is definitely a good poem."

Twelve scholars unconsciously praised him.

Pfft!
The person who questioned Li Chengqian at the beginning suddenly knelt on the ground and said with a pious face: "Student Chen Yi, pay homage to the teacher. From now on, Your Highness, you will be the teacher of the students."

"…Forehead…"

Li Chengqian didn't expect him to be so straightforward, kneeling as soon as he said it.

You must know that men pay attention to having gold under their knees these days, but it is not easy to kneel down.

Even if they see the emperor, the common people only need to bow their hands and salute. Apart from kowtow to God and ancestors, they usually pay special attention to their knees.

Unexpectedly, this Chen Yi would kneel down so resolutely now, he completely regarded him as his father... No, it was the teacher.

Pfft!
Pfft!
Chen Yi knelt down first, and also infected the remaining eleven scholars.

After they were stunned for a moment, they all knelt on the ground and called respectfully their benefactor.

Li Chengqian pursed his lips. He originally wanted to persuade them not to perform such a grand ceremony, but then he thought about it. People in the feudal era paid attention to etiquette, such as apprenticeship ceremonies. If they were not allowed to complete it, they might be vulnerable to it. There is a lump in my heart.

Why do I want them to be apprentices? Isn't it to prevent them from falling out after high school, so I want to use the identity of "teacher" to tie them up...

(End of this chapter)