At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Together with the scholars in Luoyang City, they realized that His Majesty the Emperor is not only an emperor, but also a warrior honed in the flames of war.

He possesses extremely strong power and is a one-sided dictator.

Many things are because he doesn't want to, not because he can't.

For example, using force to suppress the riots of scholars is something he didn't want to do, but it's not impossible.

The scholars violated his bottom line and shook his authority and status. He felt that he was challenged and threatened, so he would use unprecedented cruel methods, even persecuting more than 3 people, in order to warn the world——

Don't try to pry into my bottom line.

Chapter 1199 Dispute over the content of the imperial examination

After experiencing this wave of catastrophe, the scholars further realized that the difference between them and those mud-legged people lies in the high-end scholars.

That is to say, the elite group of scholars, the geniuses at the national decision-making level.

The strategic vision and art of governing the country of those geniuses is the real gap between them and the mud legs. That kind of national strategic vision is an important help that Guo Peng cannot leave. Except for them, other scholars are not unable to leave of.

They are just adding heads, but they want to be the masters openly.

Once they were knocked down, the other scholars realized that they knew a little more about small words and big things than those mud-legged people.

However, small words and great righteousness have no effect on governing the local grassroots and running errands in the central department. Officials from Li and Shu can also do it, and they are more efficient and do better.

In the administrative departments of the central government, in positions at the local village, township, and county levels, the mud-legged people who have experienced more than ten years of grassroots training are really doing well.

So the emperor recruited these mud-legged people who had been going around for more than ten years to the central government, and let them take up positions in the central government to replace those scholars.

Then the situation in Luoyang stabilized.

Those mud-legged people were diligent, enthusiastic, and very obedient to orders. When the emperor ordered them, they ran back and forth, and they didn't even care about food. They had to do things first.

What scholars and bureaucrats can do in a day, they can do it in less than an hour.

After their joining, the efficiency of the Luoyang Central Court has been greatly improved. Some unhandled matters that had accumulated for more than two months before were all dealt with in less than half a month.

this is too scary.

Those mud-legged people that none of them have ever paid attention to or paid attention to, unexpectedly have the ability to replace them without knowing it!

Those mud-legged people who have been traveling around the localities for more than ten years and have held various low-level official positions have accumulated rich administrative experience. It is not difficult to replace scholars at these levels.

And the center of the imperial court has long been so tightly won over by the emperor with various means that it cannot be overthrown.

Those local officials who had not received the news in advance regretted it, and inevitably became one of the group of scholars, losing all their prospects and future.

They will contribute their labor in the future to contribute to the great cause of empire building and atone for their sins.

And those officials who felt hesitant in advance and missed this [opportunity] broke out in cold sweat, and welcomed their own tomorrow with great joy.

At the end of November in the seventh year of Yande, everything was settled.

Mr. Guo convened three court meetings in a row, basically confirming the correctness of Xu Jing's proposal and announcing its formal adoption.

Then the cabinet issued relevant circulars, sent them to various departments for confirmation, and formally copied them to local governments across the country.

Guo Peng also strictly demanded that the news of the adoption of this policy be sent down to the most remote townships and villages, so that all the people of the empire must know it clearly.

Then, Chen Lin, the most powerful talker in the empire, who had been silent for a long time, finally led his imperial literati talker group to start a large-scale praise operation.

Probably because the silence was too long and the suffocation was too hard, Chen Lin wrote a large number of high-quality articles in one breath as soon as she appeared on the stage, and carried out a screen-dominating action in the entire Luoyang public opinion field.

The opposition who had been destructively attacked by someone from Guo had already shut up, and the public opinion field in Luoyang was dominated by Chen Lin alone, giving him a feeling of being overwhelmed.

Then, the imperial examination system was confirmed by legislation as the basic system of talent selection in the Wei Empire, and the Imperial Examination Law was integrated into the "Wei Law" and could no longer be shaken.

It was Mr. Guo himself who led the formulation of this law, with Cai Yong and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs supporting him.

Under the personal supervision of Guo, a group of imperial elites made some rigid regulations on the rules of the imperial examination.

Someone Guo first stipulated the scoring system of the imperial examination.

Each assessment item must be scored, and a certain score is set for each item, and then the best is selected based on the total score of the test.

Exams count.

Guo also stipulated that officials elected by the imperial examinations should first observe politics in various departments of the central government for three months to learn the methods of court officials.

If you want to be transferred to the central government, you must be an official at the county level, otherwise you cannot enter the central government as an official.

This is something he can do.

But there are some rules that Guo can't do now.

For example, grading exams, county exams, government exams, and township exams, etc., he can't do it, and he doesn't have the qualifications at all.

At present, it is only possible for students from all over the world who are willing to refer to them to sign up to Luoyang to take the exam. Under this premise, they can choose the best from the best, and do re-examination for the first test.

Firstly, there are not so many resources, secondly, there are not so many candidates, and thirdly, there is no such condition in the locality, so it is impossible to do it at all.

Others, such as the anonymous system, the invigilation system, the punishment regulations for cheating in the exam, and the distribution principles after the exam, etc., have been clearly stipulated.

Then, in terms of the content of the test, the entire test law formulation group had a heated debate.

People have their own ideas and interests, so naturally they come up with different ideas.

For example, the scholars believed that since the imperial examinations were inherited from the imperial examinations, it was the most appropriate measure to take the five classics of Confucianism in accordance with the rules of re-examinations under the imperial examination system.

This is what Kong advocated, and he felt that the old rules should be followed. The Five Classics of Confucianism were the official textbooks for hundreds of years in the Han Dynasty.

But some people think this is not okay.

They think that even if it is an examination, there are many other examination categories, and if only the five classics of Confucianism are tested, it is too biased, and some other categories should be added, such as arithmetic.

The reason is that His Majesty the Emperor mentioned the importance of counting many times.

This group of people is naturally the children of poor families, and their attainments in Confucian classics are generally not as good as those of the scholars. If only the Five Classics of Confucianism are tested, then the students of the scholars will definitely occupy the top.

On behalf of this faction, Cao Cao fights against Kong, and fights fiercely with Kong Xian, and they swear at each other.

In the end, someone from Guo, who held absolute power, carried out the Holy Judgment.

"Arithmetic is the foundation of everything. I think it is very important to include arithmetic in the imperial examination. Nowadays, books such as "Nine Chapters on Arithmetic" are also very important subjects in Taixue. Arithmetic must be added to the imperial examination, and you cannot just test the five classics of Confucianism. .”

Of course, no one could object to the emperor's speech, so mathematics became a compulsory subject in the imperial examination.

The scholars lost first.

Afterwards, some people suggested that agriculture is the foundation of the country, which is very important.

The emperor stipulated that after the imperial examinations, officials should go down to grass-roots positions in villages and villages to exercise and get in touch with people's livelihood, so officials must not understand agricultural affairs, so as not to delay production.

So these people suggested that knowledge related to agriculture should be included in the imperial examination.

There were also scholars and officials who objected, thinking that studying scriptures and understanding the principles of sages is already very time-consuming. Agriculture is important, but it is not necessary to study it specially, and it is enough to learn a little by the way.

The two sides couldn't stop arguing, and someone Guo made another holy judgment.

The result is of course included.

"Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and agricultural production is related to the overall situation of the country. Every official, no matter whether he is in a relevant position or not, must understand agricultural production. Officials must not understand agricultural affairs, and must not understand the hardships of life at the grassroots level."

Therefore, agricultural related knowledge has also become a compulsory content of the imperial examination.

The scholars lost again.

chapter 1200 one thousand two hundred and ten

After successive failures, the rout of the scholars did not end.

Later, Cao Cao also pointed out that local natural disasters occur frequently, which is very harmful to agricultural production. As the main person in charge of this aspect, the local administrative chief should not ask three questions once a disaster occurs, so it is necessary to have this knowledge .

Mr. Guo continued the Holy Judgment and nodded in agreement.

He believes that local officials must also have common sense and knowledge related to natural disaster prevention, and this aspect also needs to be taught in Taixue.

Therefore, the prevention and control of natural disasters has also become a compulsory part of the imperial examination.

The situation is no longer good for the scholars.

In the end, Guo Jia didn’t know what kind of mentality it was out of. He proposed that the body is the capital of officials in politics. Now some officials are weak and weak. How can such people bear the burden of state affairs?

With such emotions, Guo Jia rolled up his sleeves to show off his strong biceps.

"Back then, His Majesty mentioned that the health of officials is very important. Over the years, he has continuously emphasized that officials should pay attention to physical exercise, and equipped all government offices with exercise equipment. I think His Majesty is very correct in doing so.

Without good health, one cannot take on great responsibilities. If a sick person takes up a post in a local area and lies on a hospital bed before starting to work, what else can he do?Therefore, the minister suggested that whether the body is healthy and strong should also be included in the scope of the imperial examination. "

Guo Jia's suggestion was beyond Guo Peng's expectation, but Guo Peng immediately felt that it was necessary.

In order not to let the officials of the Wei State degenerate into a weak state with no power to restrain the chickens, and not to make the people of the Wei State overly advocating literature and suppressing martial arts in the era of "everything is inferior but high-study", Guo Peng felt that sports should be added to the imperial examination. projects are necessary.

The book has its own golden house, which is a must.

This is the only way to open the way to the sky. Without such publicity, it will not be able to stimulate the enthusiasm for reading in the whole society to counteract the background of scholars.

We are not saints, not for fame and fortune, not for a better future, no one will work so hard to study, study and take exams, this is human nature.

But it must not be excessive, and you must not give up eating because of choking, advocating reading and taking exams too much, so that everything is inferior and only reading is high, so that you are on the old road of the Song Dynasty.

Song Zhenzong's persuasive poems are written in the style of doggerel, but just such a doggerel has written all the hearts of the people.

With just a few crosses, he has already sold his Zhao family's imperial examination.

A rich family does not need to buy fertile land, but there are thousands of millet in the book; there is no need to raise a high hall to live in peace, there is a golden house in the book...

Studying, taking exams, and fame and fortune have never been linked together.

Since then, people of ordinary origin can also learn the arts and martial arts and the imperial family.

However, the Zhao Song Empire paid too much attention to reading and the examination of the Five Classics, so that the Zhao family emperor said "A man who wants to live his life, read the Five Classics diligently to the window".

If a man wants to realize his ambition, he must study hard.

There was nothing wrong with this, but the Zhao Song Empire obviously went too far.

It is true that there are not many dynasties that can establish a system that strangles their own country's military talents too far, and let literati who have no military education, professional experience and war experience go into battle.

The disadvantages of doing so are naturally obvious.

The Zhao Song Empire is indeed rich, but its military has nothing to say.

Professional things should be done by professional people. While killing generals, let literati lead troops to fight. This kind of thing of taking off their pants and farting... can't all blame the Song Dynasty.

During the Five Dynasties period, the things that the emperors took turns to do, and the past of mutiny to become the emperor at every turn, it is no wonder that the Song people were worried about it.

If the army is unhappy today, change the emperor, and tomorrow if the army is unhappy, change the emperor. The emperor must lead troops to fight with prestige, and the soldiers must be involved in politics and hold the real power of Jiedushi. The country is divided into large and small Jiedushi jurisdictions.

The emperor is a big warlord, and the generals under him are small warlords who do their own thing, grinning at the emperor at every turn. The emperor is old and has no prestige or is dead, and the little emperor can't sit still at all.

The local people suffered from military disasters, the country was impoverished, and some famous big cities were reduced to the point of selling human flesh. The government did not have copper to make money, but it used iron to make money, which was pitifully thin.

In that mode, how strong is the army?

Isn't it a group of ****?

The Khitan Emperor Yelude went south to the Central Plains in a grand manner, entered Kaifeng, and wanted to be the emperor of the Chinese. He was almost hundreds of years ahead of the Wanyan family to realize his long-cherished wish. Which of those powerful warlords stopped him?

The legacy since the mid-Tang Dynasty was not really resolved until Zhao Kuangyin released his military power with a drink.

In order to consolidate this achievement, both Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Heng are sparing no effort to improve the political status of literati and suppress the voice of generals.

In this context, it is only natural that Emperor Zhao Song wrote doggerel vigorously to promote the way of studying, taking exams and becoming an official.

After all, the problem was solved, but this solution made the Song Empire go to another extreme, the other extreme was suspicion of military generals, preventing generals from suppressing generals.

There is no military academies, and martial arts are still meaningless. In line with the wave of advocating literature and suppressing martial arts in the whole society, the military tragedy of the Song Dynasty is a foregone conclusion.

Guo can't do this.

Although he will also prevent the generals of the army from becoming bigger and set up many rules for this, but it will definitely not reach the point of the Song Dynasty.

So he would never "write" Zhao Heng's persuasive poems.

The state of Wei cannot advocate literature and suppress martial arts.