Famous and beautiful Tang Dynasty

Princess Changle replied mischievously.

This made Empress Zhangsun burst into laughter.

"Erlang, this boy really brings us new surprises every day!"

Empress Changsun couldn't help but speak.

"By the way, today is February [-]th. Do you know how Lin Ran's Jingyi exam was?"

Chapter 29 Encountering Horse Week in the Examination Room

"Father, it is Mr. Lin who is satisfied with the exam, so he made this pot of mutton to celebrate. You taste the mutton chops, it will be more delicious."

Princess Changle replied with a smile showing two sweet dimples.

"So, Royal Father is looking forward to his strategy. I hope he can bring more surprises to Royal Father!"

His Majesty Li Er sighed sincerely, suddenly he had an idea in his heart.

After the morning court on the second day, His Majesty Li Er left Kong Yingda, Minister of Rites, Zhan Qing, Minister of Rites, and others.

"Kong Aiqing, do you have any clues about the third strategy test in Chunwei this year?"

His Majesty Li Er asked kindly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the policy theory test questions have been released. It's just that they haven't been distributed to the public yet."

Kong Yingda, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, answered.

"Oh, Kong Aiqing took a test paper to have a look with me."

"Your Majesty, the test paper has been sealed in the Ministry of Rites. Please wait a moment, Your Majesty."

Kong Yingda immediately arranged for Zhan Qing to return to the Ministry of Rites to pick up a test paper, but he couldn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in His Majesty Li Er's gourd.

Not long after, Zhan Qing, the servant of the Ministry of Rites who was sweating profusely, respectfully handed over the test paper to His Majesty Li Er.

His Majesty Li Er examined it carefully, and said to Kong Yingda with a smile.

"If I want to add another theory to it, is it still too late?"

"Your Majesty, it's too late to add one theory, or two. I'll order someone to make it overnight."

"Okay, then Kong Aiqing will work hard."

His Majesty Li Er handed over the policy test questions he had already written to Kong Yingda.

He left with a smile on his face.

Kong Yingda took the policy topic that His Majesty Li Er personally handed over to him, and immediately arranged with Zhan Qing, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, to add a new topic to all the test papers.

On February [-]th of the first year of Zhenguan, His Majesty Li Er's first spring since he ascended the throne, and the last policy exam will begin today.

Policy theory is nothing more than some high-spirited talk such as self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace.

It is best to spread out the classics and count the pros and cons.

This is considered a good policy theory.

If it can quote the classics and at the same time be unconventional, and the smooth writing can make people's eyes shine, then it can be said to be an excellent policy theory.

Such strategies and theories usually reach the hands of Zhan Qing, Minister of Rites, and then he decides the better ones and hand them over to Kong Yingda, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites for review.

In the end, the excellent strategies that Kong Yingda reviewed will be recorded in the book for His Majesty's reference, or as the basis for the examination next year.

Lin Ran got up very early today, started his physical activity first, and did a set of punches.

Then he carried the wooden bucket to fetch water from the well behind.

The water in the well behind is very sweet, a bit sweeter than any mountain springs in later generations, and much more delicious.

Perhaps this is the benefit of being green and pollution-free.

When Wu Puguang got up, he saw Lin Ran who was sweating profusely, carrying water, and said involuntarily.

"Why do you treat yourself like this? A military cavalry captain with hundreds of soldiers under his command doesn't know how to cherish his body at all, and he has to take a test in the morning!"

"Teacher, I can't be idle. Don't worry about the students. Today's strategy students are guaranteed to do well in the exam and not to be blacked out by the teacher."

Lin Ran chuckled and said with a grin.

Just after breakfast, Princess Changle trotted over.

"Mr. Lin, I finally arrived before you entered the examination room, and take the exam well. I hope to see Mr. Lin in the exam next year."

Princess Changle said out of breath.

"Thank you, Ms. Li, for your concern. The boy will definitely live up to everyone's expectations. Obtaining fame and making contributions to the Tang Dynasty is also the boy's pursuit and goal in this life. The boy will continue to work hard for this."

Lin Ran solemnly saluted Princess Changle, then turned around and walked towards the examination room with big strides.

The swearing expression and the look of no hesitation made Princess Changle feel dazed for a while.

Why does this young man have the same determination as the emperor's brother?

Today, all the candidates came earlier than usual. After two exams, all the candidates in Lin Ran's examination room were deeply impressed by this young man.

"Young man, you are the first to hand in the paper every time. I really envy Ma Zhou."

A tall, majestic, and powerful man walked up to Lin Ran and spoke.

"Ma Zhou? Are you Ma Zhou?"

Lin Ran suddenly opened his eyes wide and asked, with a shocked expression on his face.

If the Ma Zhou in front of him is true, then he is the name of Datang, but unfortunately, it is recorded in history that he failed the ranking in this Spring Festival and failed to enter the next year's examination.

"I'm Ma Zhou, why is the young man so surprised? I, Ma Zhou, came from Hebei Road, so I don't have many acquaintances?"

Ma Zhou touched his head in doubt and said.

Lin Ran was certain in her heart when she heard the words.Now the world is divided into twelve realms.

Most of Shandong belongs to Henan Province, and Ma Zhou's hometown Chiping, Shandong belongs to Hebei Province, so Ma Zhou has a language from Hebei Province.

"Boy, I don't know Big Brother Ma. It's just that I had a friend with the same name as Big Brother Ma. I couldn't help but feel excited, which made Big Brother Ma laugh. I don't know if Big Brother Ma can deny this brother. It's a little bit of regret in my heart."

Lin Ran said pretending to be sad.

"So, the brother Ma that the young man talked about has passed away?"

Ma Zhou came to his senses and asked.

Lin Ran nodded vigorously.

"Haha~haha. It's better for me, Ma Zhou, to make friends. Anyway, I won't have a place to stay after the exam. If my brothers don't dislike me, it's my wish."

Ma Zhou said with a simple smile, he looked like a big man from Shandong.

"Okay, the exam is over, let Brother Ma have a taste of my craft."

"My mother is here, brother, can you still cook?"

Ma Zhou looked like a ghost, making Lin Ran dumbfounded.

Just as the two of them were chatting intensely, the chief examiner walked in with steady steps.

With a slight cough, the entire examination room was instantly silent.

Lin Ran had to lament that these candidates were much more obedient than those mischievous children in later generations.

"After today's exam, I just received instructions from the Ministry of Rites to release the rankings in ten days, that is, on February 25th. The students who made the rankings will wait for the next year's exam, and the students who failed the rankings will continue to work hard to win the next ranking."

The chief examiner spoke a few words rarely.

All the candidates expressed their gratitude by saluting.

In a peaceful atmosphere, the test papers for the third round of policy theory were handed out to the examinees one by one.

Lin Ran took the test paper and went through the questions as usual.

Sure enough, they are basically the same as the old three!

Chapter 30 Young China says

The policy theory test question of the first question is how to control the flood of the Yellow River.

This is an old-fashioned topic. Since the imperial examinations in the Sui Dynasty, it has been a must-have question in almost every policy discussion.

The answer is relatively simple, but it is rare to have a new idea.

The second topic is the analysis of the land equalization system. This is a new test question, after all, the land equalization system has just been implemented not long ago.

The third policy topic is about the analysis of exorbitant taxes, which is also a commonplace examination question.

What surprised Lin Ran was that there was actually a fourth strategy topic.

Judging from all the test papers given to him by his teacher Wu Puguang, from the time of the imperial examination up to now, there were no more than three policy theories, and now this record was fortunately broken by Lin Ran and his class of candidates.

Looking at the topic of policy theory again, it turned out to be a topic that had never appeared before. On the importance of selecting talents for the imperial examination?

Lin Ran suddenly had a strong premonition in his mind that this last strategy was imposed.But this question is a piece of cake for Lin Ran.

For him who has written many papers in college, these four topics are very simple.

What's more, with the consolidation of the previous imperial examination papers, Lin Ran immediately started to write with a pen, without thinking about it.

Lin Ran's answers to the first three policy questions were quite satisfactory.

Until the fourth policy theory, Lin Ran suddenly had a flash of inspiration and decided to take a slanted sword.

Mr. Liang Qichao's Theory of Young China came to Lin Ran's mind, so a beautiful and eloquent chapter was born in the school of Wannian County Examination Center.

The reason why Lin Ran put the whole story about young China into the paper after slight modification is because there are indeed serious flaws in the education of the entire Tang Dynasty.

One is that most of the educational resources in the entire Tang Dynasty are controlled by the nobles of the aristocratic family, and because of this, they control most of the official positions.

Of course, this phenomenon was not formed since His Majesty Li Er ascended the throne, but was passed down from the former Sui Dynasty.

This is also the most troublesome problem for His Majesty Li Er now, one of the problems that need to be solved urgently, because even if he can't understand the behavior of some officials, or decides to remove him from his position.Suddenly, he found that he had no suitable candidate to replace his official position.

This has to be said to be a strong ridicule and sadness.

For this reason, His Majesty Li Er had no choice but to retreat in the face of reality!

The second is that the educational resources of the entire Datang are too scarce.Compared with the elementary and middle schools that bloom everywhere in the later generations, not only the schools are uniformly planned by the state, but also the teachers are allocated very reasonably. The most important thing is the hot opening of kindergartens, which truly realizes the slogan and goal of starting education from babies.

The most direct consequence of the improvement of the basic education system is that the students become more outstanding one after another.

This can be seen in the continuous increase in the admission scores of the college entrance examination every year.

Compared with the current education system, there is only one relatively complete Guozijian in the entire Tang Dynasty.

However, there are only [-] supervisors in the Guozijian, and the limited number of people who have been admitted to the imperial examinations have achieved more than jinshi, which is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for the entire Tang Dynasty.

The third is that poor families simply cannot afford to read books or pay Shuxiu, so they cannot enter schools.

If this cycle continues, knowledge will always be controlled by the upper-class families and nobles, which will greatly hinder the development of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Lin Ran repeatedly checked the thesis written, and while the other candidates were frowning, Lin Ran still got up and stood up.

The examiner is used to this handsome young man handing in the test first.

What he valued was how did the young man solve the problem of the fourth strategy?

This was also specifically explained when the Ministry of Rites sent people to deliver the test papers. The focus of this year's policy discussion is on the fourth question.

That is to say, as long as the answer to the fourth policy topic is relatively perfect, this test paper can be included in the admission list.

Lin Ran respectfully gave the examiner a student's gift, turned around and made a cheering gesture to Ma Zhou behind him.

Then he strode away from the examination room under the envious gaze of all the candidates.

The chief examiner looked carefully at Lin Ran's test paper, and his eyes lit up instantly.

"Today's responsibility does not lie with others, but with my youth. A strong youth will make the country strong, and the progress of the youth will make the country progress~~"

The more the examiner read, the more excited he became, and the more he read, the more excited he became, and finally he forgot that he was in the examination room and shouted loudly.

A good word stunned other candidates.

They knew that the young man must have written an amazing article.

Otherwise, it wouldn't make the examiners so excited.