I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

"Old Li, didn't you say that you have a relative in the Ministry of Household Affairs, can you hook up with the Ministry of Punishment?"

Li Shimin almost spit out his wine, he was talking nonsense before, he doesn't have any relatives in the household department, they are all his courtiers.

It can be seen that the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang asked this question, and said that he wanted to hook up with the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Could it be that there is something big going on?

He wasn't worried about Shopkeeper Zhang committing crimes.After all, to put it bluntly, the spies of the imperial court have been paying attention to this place, and their attention is higher than that of ordinary court officials.

One is because Li Shimin often comes to eat, so naturally some people who are dissatisfied with the court cannot be allowed to come in and endanger his safety. The other is because Li Shimin's personal business is still here, what if someone makes trouble?

If it delays His Majesty the Tang Emperor's earning money from his private house, it is estimated that Li Shimin can jump up and personally kill him.

But if he didn't commit a crime, could he have noticed some clues?

Li Shimin didn't drink alcohol or eat food at the moment, looked at the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang with a serious face and asked,

"My relative is not too old or too young, but there are a few acquaintances in the Ministry of Punishment. What's the matter, if you need help from my brother, just ask."

Zhang Nuo was relieved when he heard Lao Li's answer. What else could he do to help? Naturally, he must find a way to make money!

He is aiming at the Ministry of Criminal Justice!

Chapter 61 What Book to Read

Zhang Nuo approached Li Shimin with a smile, poured him a glass of wine, and said slowly,

"Look, Lao Li, as soon as my book is sold, will there be more scholars? If there are more scholars, will there be more people who take the imperial examination? Why don't they buy a copy of the Laws of the Tang Dynasty compiled by the Ministry of Punishment and go back to study?"

"So I just want to ask, do you have anything to do with the Ministry of Punishment? Can you write an article to allow my bookstore to print the Laws of the Tang Dynasty for sale?"

Li Shimin was a little baffled, why did he have to buy the laws of the Tang Dynasty to take part in the imperial examination?

But as soon as he asked this question, Zhang Nuo was also dumbfounded, and asked blankly,

"Doesn't the imperial examination examine laws? Don't they only examine classics and historical records?"

Li Shimin laughed out loud, feeling extremely happy, my God, it can be regarded as encountering something that the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang didn't know.

The most ridiculous thing is that as a scholar who is full of economics and shouts every day to take the imperial examination to become an official, he doesn't know what to take in the imperial examination. Isn't this funny?

Li Shimin drank a glass of wine with a smile, and slowly began to popularize Zhang Nuo's science.

"The imperial examinations in our dynasty are divided into two categories: regular subjects and system subjects. The regular subjects are held every year, and the system subjects are subjects temporarily set by the emperor. Candidates for the regular subjects include students and tributes."

"There are many titles of regular subjects, which are divided into subjects such as scholar, Mingjing, Jinshi, Mingfa, Mingshu, and Mingshu according to the conditions of applicants and the content of the exam."

"Shengtu is a student who has passed the entrance examination in Guozijian (Guozixue, Hongwenguan, Chongwenguan) and various schools. Xianggong is a person who has passed the government examination and state examination, also known as Juren, and the first name is called Xie Yuan."

"Those who passed the provincial examination of the imperial court's ministerial department were called Jinshi Jidi, those who passed the examination were called champions, and the rest were divided into A and B.

In addition to the annual regular examinations, there are temporary imperial examinations that are presided over by the emperor himself from time to time, called system subjects. "

Zhang Nuo was stunned for a long time after hearing this. The history books only said that the imperial examination required examinations of the Four Books and Five Classics, writing articles, etc. He really didn't know what to test.

But in his opinion, doesn't it mean that after passing the exam, he will eventually have to go down to be a county magistrate to judge cases or something?I don't know how the laws of the Tang Dynasty work?

But now Lao Li told him that if you are a scholar and become an official, you don't need to recite the laws and decrees of the Tang Dynasty at all.

Li Shimin saw that Zhang Nuo was unhappy, and he was still thinking about the idiot question Zhang Nuo asked just now, so he smiled and comforted,

"The law of the Tang Dynasty you mentioned should be the law of Wu De. This matter is simple. Let me help you ask. It should not be a big problem. After all, the Ministry of Criminal Justice also hopes that the more people who understand the law, the better."

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Zhang Nuo also nodded. As long as he can achieve it, even if he can't do business as a scholar, at least ordinary scholars should buy it if he wants to.

Even if later generations have never opened a bookstore, they will know that selling teaching aids is the most profitable business of the bookstore, and everything else is bullshit, so Zhang Nuo is so careful about the books used for the imperial examination.

Especially in this day and age, if you pass the exam, you will have a permanent job, which is better than the distribution of packages in later generations.

Then if there is an exam guidance book, you have to buy it quickly. Isn’t reading at this time just to take the exam and become an official?

Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo couldn't help complaining,

"Old Li, what do you think these officials in the court are thinking? Why don't you take the Wudelu test for the provincial examination that you can become a county magistrate if you pass the entrance examination? Then how will they judge the case then?"

"Let's go with our temper, that's nonsense, and it might turn into an unjust, false and wrongly decided case, but listen to the master, then who is the county magistrate in the long run?"

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard this, and stopped drinking the wine that was brought to his mouth. After thinking about it carefully, yes, why can't he take the martial arts test?

According to what Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang said, it’s just that, the vast majority of Jinshi in the court are waiting to fill the vacancies, but the county magistrate fills the most vacancies.

But one of the biggest functions of the county magistrate in the local area is to judge cases, but can a county magistrate who has never studied or passed the Wude Law really not judge the wrong case?

Does the Criminal Ministry have to send people around to investigate the case?How much manpower and material resources will it cost?Why can't you take one more exam?

Li Shimin thought of a lot of benefits in a blink of an eye, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the subject of law should be added to the provincial and provincial examinations. Anyway, the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang's bookstore was about to open at this moment.

The money I used to buy a book in the past can probably buy all the books I need now, so there is no point in learning one more subject.

Alright, I will discuss it with someone later, and try to get it next year!

As an ambitious emperor, Li Shimin attaches great importance to the recruitment of talents, but no matter how eager he is for talents, he can't act recklessly, so Li Shimin decided that he would rather be short than excessive, and not recruit some stupid officials at that time.

Zhang Nuo, who had no idea that he had dug a big hole for all the candidates in the world, was currently enjoying his dream of making a fortune selling teaching materials without knowing it.

After Li Shimin figured it out, he was also amused to see the obscene smile on Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper's face. This Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper is really good, and he has one ghost idea after another, but I have to say that all of them are very useful. I know what to say.

"Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, brother, so, in your opinion, the most important thing in this imperial examination is the law rather than the classics and history?"

Li Shimin yelled several times before calling Zhang Nuo back to his senses. Zhang Nuo smiled disdainfully when he heard this question, and said contemptuously,

"The classics and historical books have a use! Enlightenment is useful, and writing books is also useful. What else is there?"

Li Shimin was taken aback after hearing this. Ordinary people don't know, but it doesn't make sense that shopkeeper Zhang doesn't know. What do you read if you don't read classics and historical books?

Why is it useless?Self-cultivation and morality all depend on reading!

But as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhang Nuo started to rant!

"Old Li, don't talk nonsense, let me ask you, you are also literate, and your ability to make money comes from books?"

Li Shimin secretly replaced the ability to make money with the ability to govern the country in his heart, then thought about it, and then shook his head.

Seeing that Lao Li was honest, Zhang Nuo continued,

"You see, your ability to make money is not from books, and neither is mine. As for self-cultivation and morality, it is the result of the earnest teaching of your parents and elders. It has nothing to do with studying."

"Parents and elders are well-educated, and they can be well-known good people and filial sons without knowing a word, but if they are not well-educated, even if they are full of knowledge, they are nothing more than a moth."

"Besides, maybe these people who have studied but are not well-educated may harm more people! Those treacherous officials in history, who are not familiar with poetry and books, can do harm if they don't do it!"

Li Shimin was taken aback after hearing this, it seems that this is really the case!

Chapter 62

The reason why Zhang Nuo complained was because he talked about the imperial examination today, which aroused his sadness.

When he was studying, for some reason, his English grades could not improve.

But when he walked into the society and looked back, hey, it was useless to learn English in those years.

For a person living in a small city on the [-]th line, where can foreigners speak English to you?Watching a foreign movie has subtitles, English is the best?

Chinese can help him learn to read, mathematics can help him calculate accounts, geography can help him understand the size of the world, biology, physics, and chemistry can help him understand the common sense of life, and history can help him understand major events in ancient and modern times. Only English is really useless.

And it seems that most industries and jobs do not seem to use English.

Looking back, isn't that the case for these subjects in the imperial examinations now.

Li Shimin was also a little dazed at the moment. He always felt that what the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang said was reasonable, but what else could be tested in the imperial examination without these tests? Could it be that all of them were tested in Wu De Law?

Zhang Nuo was delighted to hear Lao Li's question. He really didn't expect Lao Li to be so confused by this question.

So he leaned over and patted Lao Li on the shoulder, and said after he recovered,

"Lao Li, let's not talk about what to test, let's look at it from the perspective of ordinary people and businessmen, what officials need to do, and then we can know what abilities they need."

Li Shimin's eyes immediately lit up when he heard the words, this is a good idea, it's a good idea to find talents with whatever abilities he needs from the actual situation.

Seeing that Lao Li agreed, Zhang Nuo said leisurely,

"Let's talk about county magistrates. As the most basic officials of the imperial court, as long as all county magistrates in the world are qualified, Datang will not be able to be strong."

"And as long as there is a problem with the county magistrate, it is a big problem, because the common people have no access to the emperor and high-ranking officials. In their eyes, the county magistrate is the big man who controls their life and death."

Li Shimin nodded in approval!

No matter what he said, he was also a figure who traveled all over the world and fought all over the world. Naturally, he knew that this was really the case in the local area.

In particular, Zhang Nuo said that all county magistrates in the world are qualified and Datang can't do it unless he wants to be strong, which made him very happy and recognized it very much.

After all, whether it is the implementation of the court's government orders or the payment of taxes, it is all implemented by the lower-level counties. This is the foundation of the country's dynasty!

Seeing that Lao Li did not object, Zhang Nuo raised his first finger and said slowly,

"The county magistrate's first ability is to understand the law!"

"Whether the east family lost a cow or the west family had a fight, the county magistrate will ultimately decide. We've talked about this before, so I won't say more!"

"In a word, a county magistrate who doesn't understand the law is fooling around."

The two had talked about this topic before, so naturally there was no need to continue the discussion. Li Shimin also agreed at the moment, after all, no matter how perfect the law is formulated, it still depends on the county magistrates to implement it.

If the county magistrate himself doesn't understand the law, then it's really just like Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper said, it's just nonsense.

Zhang Nuo leaned back and raised two fingers,

"The second ability is to understand agriculture!"

"At present, our dynasty is still based on agriculture. A supreme officer in charge of a county, who doesn't understand farming and farming time, is a mud bodhisattva. It's useless!"

"I don't know when to prepare for drought resistance in advance, I don't know when to prepare for breeding in advance, and I don't know how to maintain soil fertility. What is the use of such a county magistrate?"

Li Shimin raised his brows, and there was some disagreement here, and he asked with a smile,

"Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, this is a bit wrong. His Majesty doesn't know anything about farming, so he's doing a good job!"

Zhang Nuo glanced at Lao Li angrily. He was most annoyed by the stubborn mouth during this kind of chat, and replied angrily,

"Who is His Majesty, who is the county magistrate?"

"The courtiers around His Majesty are all talented people who will be famous in history in the future, but around the county magistrate, how many people can read and write?"

"But you are right about one thing. Your Majesty and the county magistrate are not required to be proficient in farming, but you have to be proficient, right? At least your Majesty can understand the problems and solutions raised by the ministers."

"But think about it, those who come from the families of the rich and powerful, who don't work hard in limbs and don't know the grain, the people below probably won't be able to tell if they fool him!"

Li Shimin began to frown when he heard this. Indeed, he also knew that those children from high-ranking and wealthy families, who grew up in rich clothes and fine food, and their ten fingers did not touch the spring water, really did not work hard in their limbs.

As shopkeeper Xiao Zhang said, you don't need to be proficient, and you don't need to work in the fields by yourself, but what should you do if the people below fool you?

This is not just a matter of the county magistrate, Li Shimin thought of himself in an instant, and then extended to his heirs.

He himself didn't dare to understand everything, he could only be regarded as having traveled far and wide and learned a lot, coupled with studying hard, he could be regarded as able to communicate with those courtiers in the court.

But just like this, he still feels a lot of pressure, but when he thinks about Chengqian, he grew up in a deep palace compound since he was a child, and he doesn't know the sufferings of the people, farming, and business. Don't you want to be fooled into a fool?

Li Shimin frightened himself when he thought about it for a while.

This can't be done, he doesn't want his heir to be like a fool who is stupid in reading in the future, he has to think of a way.

Zhang Nuo didn't know that Lao Li on the opposite side had already thought about it so far, and even started to think about the issue of children's education.

He is actually just bragging right now, of course, it would be best if he could brag to Lao Li's official relatives, and he might be able to do teaching supplementary materials business someday in the future.

He has completely opened up the upstream and downstream industrial chains, from papermaking to printing to sales, all the money is earned by himself, and the profits can't explode.

So Zhang Nuo excitedly raised his third finger,

"Old Li, this third ability is not only needed by the county magistrate, but also needed by all officials in the entire Tang Dynasty. That is the ability to count."

Li Shimin was a little confused, what does this ability to count mean?

He can understand the previous farming and laws. After all, these are the daily needs of the county magistrate, but when it comes to calculations, how come it is not only needed by the county magistrate, but also by the officials of the entire Tang Dynasty?

Do all officials have to settle accounts?

This is totally unreasonable!

But looking at the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang smiling brightly, could it be that the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang is whetting his appetite again?

Make a mistake on purpose to paralyze me?

Zhang Nuo didn't think too much about it, he just thought of it suddenly, if he had already arranged two courses of legal foundation and agricultural technology foundation, and now he added mathematics, how many textbooks and supplementary materials would there be for the three courses? , this is going to be posted!