There is a big problem with my harem [Qing Chuan]

"The emperor calm down!" In the Palace of Preserving Harmony, all the ministers knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"How do I appease my anger? If only this kind of people are recruited by the imperial examination, then I don't need this imperial examination!" Kangxi sneered, "From now on, those who apply for the imperial examination and are selected as Jinshi must first pass the examination of the new school. You can officially enter the Sixth Department. If you fail, I will go home and study for a year and take the exam again! When you can pass the exam, you will be officially admitted to the official position!"

"I obey the order." All the courtiers smiled wryly at each other.

Many people cast mournful glances at Mingzhu's back—after this test, not to mention their original intention to stop the emperor, it instead allowed the emperor to push the boat along and pose a bigger difficulty.

Many officials present were even more shocked, and they all murmured that they had to study it carefully, lest it was their turn to make a fool of themselves in front of the emperor, and it would be embarrassing!

After retreating, Kangxi's face was tense, and he walked back and forth in the East Nuan Pavilion, looking extremely irritable.

"Your Majesty, isn't this matter going smoothly according to your idea?" Liang Jiugong thought about it and still couldn't figure out what Kangxi was anxious about, so he couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked in a low voice.

"It's indeed going on according to my thoughts, but I didn't expect that the existing officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs would be useless to such a level." Kangxi was furious and reprimanded.

It's no wonder that Lin Ruhai came up with this idea that day - that's right!The selection of ten craftsmen with a little foundation in arithmetic has already made up their minds in the past few days, and today they can reach the level of elementary school graduates to junior high school students in later generations.

Nalan Mingzhu even knew about the public test in advance, but Mingzhu really couldn't believe that the officials of the household department would not even do such a thing - I'm afraid the result this time even he can't imagine!

This kind of question, which can only be regarded as a junior high school level in the previous life, easily confuses these household officials here... It really shocked Kangxi.

It's no wonder that Lin Ruhai is so confident, I'm afraid he has long been disgusted with these small officials!

"If you are proficient in arithmetic and have a clear understanding of engineering, water power, and agricultural affairs, the efficiency will be more than doubled.

Just like the last time Le Fu wrote a letter requesting funding for a short section of the river breach, the Ministry of Accounts calculated and allocated a million taels. As a result, someone under Le Fu only took the middle 11 taels after calculating, and the rest was returned to the Ministry of Accounts. The task of blocking the mouth was completed with 11 taels. "

Kangxi said to Liang Jiugong with eloquence: "If Lefu is a corrupt official, then he took a million taels from the Ministry of Households, then spent 11 taels to repair the hole, and then distributed the remaining 89 taels to the rest. I don't know if I am pocketing my own money.

This money is spent like flowing water. If every project is like this... How much money do you think can be saved?I'm afraid that the hands and feet of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are also so unclean! "

Liang Jiugong was taken aback for a moment, why did he suddenly turn to the matter of cleaning up the slaves after speaking halfway... After a while, he gasped and stammered: "Your Majesty, you mean that the House of Internal Affairs is full of private pockets?"

"What are you pretending to do? It's as if you don't know!" Kangxi gave Liang Jiugong an angry look.

Liang Jiugong answered yes and no, and answered no and no, froze with an ugly smile.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs should also rectify it." Kangxi did not avoid Liang Jiugong, his voice was cold and harsh, which made Liang Jiugong's heart tremble.

"Don't leak out what I said." Kangxi glanced at Liang Jiugong and said lightly.

"Yes, the slave understands!" He called out the Buddha's name to the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in his heart, and Liang Jiugong echoed with a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes.

As the courtiers went back home, the news of the court was passed on from one hundred to one thousand.

Soon, Kangxi's own handwritten "Letter to the World's Students" was pasted on the walls everywhere in the capital.Among them, the sentence that attracts students the most is that "Four Books Chapters and Sentences" will be canceled from the answer notes for next year's imperial examinations. Students can choose the old-style test papers and the new-style test papers to answer according to their own ideas.

As for the fact that newly promoted Jinshi need to pass a second assessment before they can work in various places in the six departments, it is not within the scope of these students' consideration.

As for other things mentioned in the article, such as the establishment of a library, a publishing house, and a central school in the capital, the students, Monk Zhang Er, were confused. They only felt that they knew each word separately, but they didn’t know what it was when they were separated. meaning.

Contrary to the Central School, which Kangxi thought would immediately cause a sensation, it was the Beijing Library that first attracted attention.

As construction began on the reserved space near the Zhongnanmen Gate in the capital, and well-informed officials and eunuchs began to boast in various poetry reciting meetings, the fact that the library was borrowing books for free for poor students soon became popular among the people.

The poor people in the capital and the impoverished students from outside are all in a hurry. They just wish to stare at this library every day when it can be completed as soon as possible and go in to see what happened.

Ingenious vendors have already bought weekend shops, which are all teahouses for drinking tea or restaurants for eating, and they only want to wait for the opening of the library to make a lot of money together.

On the contrary, the Central Academy, which Kangxi had placed high hopes on, was ignored. The first batch of students in the Central Academy mainly recruited descendants of artisans with a certain cultural foundation or knowledge, and some came from poor and humble backgrounds but were aspiring to work in accounting, craftsmen, and farming. , Common people working in water conservancy work.

The so-called accountant refers to an official engaged in financial affairs. Kangxi adopted the name of "accountant" in later generations.But in this way, when it is put together with craftsmen and the like, the first reaction of ordinary people who don't know it is to learn it and use it as an accountant.In addition to the other three jobs, to put it bluntly, they are mud legs, and they are really far from the officials who are sitting in the high hall that most people think of.

Therefore, most of the applicants are craftsmen and their relatives who have known the inside story in the suburban farms for a long time, and very few people from outside come to sign up for the study.

In response to this, an imperial decree came out from the palace soon: the emperor will personally serve as the first honorary principal of the Central Academy, and Lin Ruhai, the Minister of the Household Department and a Bachelor of Attendant, will be the first principal of the Central Academy. Students who pass the study in the Central School will be hired for internships in the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry, and those who pass the internship can be promoted to official positions.

As soon as the news came out, the officials and eunuchs who wanted to wait and see before making a decision almost leveled the threshold of the Lin family!

We must know that most of the wealthy families are incompetent in imperial examinations, and in the end they can only be reduced to the side branches of ordinary people. Like the Rongguo Mansion, there are only a few people who can allow Jia Zheng to become an official. Look at the current situation of the Rongguo Mansion and the Ningguo Mansion No matter how miserable the side branch is, you will know the consequences!

There are also some students who have participated in the imperial examination several times but failed to pass the exam, and they are starting to feel itchy at this moment-of course they don’t want to be craftsmen, but if they pass the examination, they can go to the sixth department to be an official, and then they will transfer to other departments or even return to Beijing. It is also possible to go to the local area, and with the mentality of giving it a try, they rushed to the registration office to register.

The four courses that were originally looked down upon by everyone, especially the accounting class, had over a hundred applicants in an instant. When the deadline for the first period of student registration came, there were actually two to three hundred people.

"Your Majesty, what should we do if there are too many applicants?" Lin Ruhai bowed slightly, and personally handed over a long pile of lists to Kangxi.

"Hehe, I'm afraid most of them just want to have a shortcut to become an official."

How could Kangxi not understand the minds of the children of officials and eunuchs who signed up? In addition, officials who are below the sixth rank of the household department need to be re-evaluated before they can take office. The pressure on Lin Ruhai can be imagined.

Lin Ruhai could only smile wryly.There were not only ordinary sons of Hanchen, but also many children of the Eight Banners, and there were countless dignitaries in the family - Lin Ruhai really didn't know what to do, so he had to hand over this list directly to the emperor for disposal.

"Since you want to go, you arrange for them to enroll together." Kangxi lowered his eyes, took a sip of tea casually and spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, the number of students in the other three courses is acceptable, but accounting alone has 240 students, even if all the ministers are assigned, it is not enough!" Lin Ruhai was startled, shaking his hands in fear.

"Talk to Mingzhu, he still has some capable people under him. The 240 students are divided into five classes, and each class is managed by two people. They only study two books, "The Elements of Geometry" and "Kunyu Gezhi", and then three The exam will be held in a unified manner in a month, and of course don’t tell these students the news in advance. Those who fail the exam after three months will be expelled.”

Kangxi glanced at Lin Ruhai who was scared out of his wits, and added thoughtfully: "You will indeed be tired in these three months, but most of the officials' children who can persist after three months also have the possibility of training."

Lin Ruhai thought for a while, and subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief: "The division method of this class...?"

"If you put the official's children with the common people, I'm afraid there will be troubles at that time, Ru Hai will work harder, put the craftsman's background and ordinary students together, and arrange the official's children separately."

"Yes, I understand!"

Soon, the common people in the capital discovered that a house covering a large area appeared at an extremely fast speed in the suburbs to the east of the capital.It is far taller and thicker than ordinary houses, with a red lacquer gate as tall as two or three people towering outside, but the courtyard wall is not as sealed as everyone imagined, but a hollow window is made every three or four steps.

Looking in through the windows, there are three-storey square buildings in the courtyard surrounded by flowers, covering a very large area.Different from ordinary houses, there are transparent glass windows installed on the outer wall of this square building.

With its strange shape and people from the government coming in and out from time to time, it soon became known that this was the Central Academy which is famous in the capital and has never been seen before.

Dong Hanshuang swayed down from the carriage wearing a veil and a skirt, his eyes were full of excitement looking at the appearance of this familiar yet unfamiliar building.

Under the protection of two guards, she cautiously entered through the main entrance, walked into the building and looked around.The building is like the primary school I have seen in the previous life. The classrooms are divided very well. The craftsmen have moved in the tables and chairs that have been made to a uniform standard. There is a blackboard on the wall and a wall table next to it. With a box of chalk.

These two things were developed only recently. Although they are not as easy to use as later generations, they can be regarded as rare "magic things" compared to the rice paper that can only be used for one-time use now.

Dong Hanshuang only felt that the tip of his nose was sour, his eyes were flushed, and the tears were rolling inside and almost fell down.

She took out the veil from her bosom, dabbed it lightly on the corner of her eyes, and smiled at Kangxi who appeared behind her at some time: "It's been so many years, I haven't seen this scene before."

"Yes." Kangxi looked around reminiscently, with a smile on his face, "You will meet more and more familiar people in the future."

Following Kangxi were Lin Ruhai and Mingzhu, both of whom looked bewildered and puzzled, watching the conversation between the emperor and the woman in surprise.

"Your Majesty, this is..." Ming Zhu looked appreciatively, could it be a lady from some family?Or the girl the emperor likes?But isn't it a bit...

"This one is the teacher who will teach in the Central School in the future." Kangxi said with a smile, but these words were shocking. Mingzhu and Lin Ruhai couldn't maintain their smiles at the same time, and stared at the woman in shock.