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The Ministry of Officials is responsible for the appointment and removal, examination, promotion, promotion, honor and transfer of civil servants in the world.Tang Yiqian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was the person whom Si Yuanting advised Chu Yuelei to come up with during the party dispute ten years ago.

Tang Yiqian, as his name suggests, was born in a noble family but humble as a corporal.In the past ten years, he has held the post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, with no merit or demerit.

But to be alone in the turbid court without offending anyone is a remarkable ability in itself.

The reason why Si Yuanting supports him is that he can stay awake at all times, neither follow the crowd to help the evildoers, nor complain about the injustice of the world when he dares not do anything.

Guozijian Jijiu Liangchen, who came from a poor family, was brought up by Si Yuanting four years ago. He was mainly responsible for teaching the students of the Guozijian, and was also in charge of the education of Daheng Kingdom.

The mention of Liang Chen was when Si Yuanting went to the Imperial College four years ago. There were countless students in the prison but none of them could satisfy him. I think too highly of myself.

Although Liang Chen and Si Yuanting hadn't had much contact in the past few years, Liang Chen congratulated Si Yuanting on getting rid of his status as a eunuch, rehabilitating the Si family, and winning the position of chief assistant after winning a battle.

In the afternoon, Wu Yonglian, Tang Yiqian and Liang Chen were called into the palace to discuss the restructuring of government schools.

When they arrived, Si Yuanting was already in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, reading the books used for teaching in various academies and private schools over the years, while Chu Yuezhi was sitting behind the imperial case to approve the memorial.

Hearing Wang Zhong's announcement, Chu Yuezhi raised his eyes to look at several courtiers entering the hall, and just in time saw Liang Chen and Si Yuanting looking at each other and then nodded slightly as a signal.

Frowning, Chu Yuezhi put down the brush in his hand, and said in a low voice: "A few lovers, do you know why I called you into the palace?"

Several people said in unison: "I don't know, I hope His Majesty will make it clear."

Although they spoke in unison, the appearance of the three of them also shows that they are different in how they handle things.

When Wu Yonglian saluted, he was looking at Chu Yuezhi's reply, Tang Yiqian half-bowed his head while replying, and Liang Chen was always neither humble nor overbearing.The age of these three people, Wu Yonglian is over 50 years old, Tang Yiqian is over forty and a half, and Liang Chen is the same age as Chu Yuezhi, both are 32 years old.

The only thing they have in common is that their backs are straight when they stand.

Chu Yuezhi didn't want to waste time, so he said directly: "I want to reform the official school. After discussing with the chief minister yesterday, the chief minister advised that since the chief minister wanted to change, he would even change the contents of the books that the students are learning now." Change. I summoned all the ministers just to hear your opinions. Now that the court is employing people, I need good ministers who can think, not bookworms who only know how to memorize things by rote and don’t seek to understand them.”

Wu Yonglian's expression was slightly trembling, he looked at Si Yuanting who put down the scroll in his hand, paused again, and replied: "Your Majesty, the existing official school system follows the previous dynasty, if you want to make official school meet your Majesty's expectations To see the effect, I am afraid that the existing government-academia system must be completely changed to achieve it.”

"Since the system needs to be reformed, it must be completely changed. Otherwise, what's the point?" Chu Yuezhi said. The Guozijian is the main one, and more than half of them are the children of the gentry. Although there is Confucianism in the local area, there are also a number of instructors, such as professors, Xuezheng, and Jiaoyu. I believe Wu Shangshu has also seen the achievements in academic and political affairs. Therefore, I intend to , the official school in the capital is naturally still handed over to the Guozijian, but this place needs to be re-established. I think that government schools should be established in local prefectures, counties, and even townships. And in terms of admission threshold, no longer use the children of the gentry as the threshold, even if As long as children from poor families can pass the entrance examination, they can enter government schools."

"Your Majesty, you just said that you need to change what you have learned. I wonder where Your Majesty wants to start?" Liang Chen said. He also talked about the imperial examination with Si Yuanting recently, but he was not surprised by what Si Yuanting mentioned. After all, although he was responsible for teaching the supervisors, he was actually very dissatisfied with the stereotyped selection of scholars.

"About this point, Chief Assistant Si, please tell me." Chu Yuezhi looked at Si Yuanting. After all, his status was different. In the past, when he was a prince entering the palace to meet Chu Yuelei, Si Yuanting dared to stand aside He couldn't get up while sitting, but now he behaved a lot more. Just now he got up from the chair after putting down the scroll in his hand. Now being called by Chu Yuezhi, he took two steps forward and stood a little ahead of the ministers.

"I was fortunate enough to be His Majesty's attendant. Based on my experience at that time, I thought that the scope of what the students learned should be broadened to the greatest extent. Under the guidance of Shao Fu, Your Majesty mastered the 'six studies', that is, the son of the country. Learning, Taixue, Simenxue, Law, Calligraphy, and Mathematics. The content of these "six studies" can be jointly agreed upon by the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy. The so-called specialization of art, Guozixue, Taixue, and Simenxue can be divided Confucian classics, the future will be trained in the direction of assisting His Majesty's government, and law, calligraphy, and arithmetic are all arts-oriented, and can also be cultivated into professional talents." Although he was not optimistic when he first discussed this matter with Chu Yuezhi last night, but now that Chu Yuezhi decided to do so, he would naturally do his best to assist and facilitate the restructuring.

Turning his gaze back to Liang Chen, Chu Yue insisted, "What the chief assistant said, what do you think of Liang's offering wine?"

Liang Chen pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, although what the chief minister said is good, I am worried that the sudden introduction of new things will make it difficult for the students to adapt, and expanding the teaching content will not only test the students' learning ability, but also improve the teaching quality of the students. To test the ability of the instructors themselves, I am afraid that many students and instructors will be eliminated because of this. And such a change cannot be seen in a short period of time. Before the real results come out, I am afraid that there will be several years of difficult stagnation Even going backwards, it would be pointless to hold the imperial examinations every year.”

"Since the content of the study has changed, the stereotyped selection of scholars can no longer be used. It is meaningless to hold the imperial examination every year. Next, I will change the imperial examination to be held every three years." Chu Yue Zhi stood up, walked down the high platform slowly, and came to Liangchen, saying: "Studying itself is for screening. Isn't it a matter of course to be eliminated due to lack of ability? Could it be that my Imperial College and even the government schools around the world can't cultivate The talented people I need, I want to reserve the position for them, so that they can continue to support a bunch of ignorant and incompetent useless people?"

Chu Yuezhi's words were heavier than usual, and Liang Chen felt the faint anger in Chu Yuezhi's words in an instant, so he lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty's words are very true, and this minister made a slip of the tongue."

Staring fixedly at Liang Chen for a while, Chu Yuezhi showed no change of mood on his face, so he walked up to Tang Yiqian slowly, and said to him: "Tang Shangshu, the Ministry of Officials is responsible for the appointment and dismissal of civil servants and examinations. , I would like to know how many officials of the imperial court have been really useful in these years?"

This is an extremely difficult question to answer. Tang Yiqian was a little bit troubled by Chu Yuezhi posing such a difficult problem to him as soon as he arrived. Appointment and dismissal and examinations, but the final decision is made by the late emperor, and the ministers are also court officials, so they dare not judge others."

"It is indeed the six ministers who have been the official ministers for ten years and are still as stable as Mount Tai, and they are truly neutral." Chu Yuezhi said flatly, listening to praise, Tang Yiqian was a little frightened.

With his hands behind his back, Chu Yuezhi paced back and forth in front of the three courtiers, before he said to Tang Yiqian: "I don't want to continue to raise those court moths, and I don't want to let those corpses stand in the court hall. Class, three-year preliminary examination, six-year re-examination, and nine-year general examination. I want you to submit a proposal in the shortest possible time, listing the assessment content and relevant information for Beijing officials, hall officials, foreign officials, instructors, and miscellaneous officials. Regulations. Among them, the instructor's exams must be stricter than in the past. They are responsible for educating and cultivating talents. If they are lenient in the exams, how can they teach talented people? Starting next year, I will see the exams of the Ministry of Officials , Only those who are suitable for use can stay in office, and those who are not suitable for use will be demoted, and only those who are able to be hired will be hired."

"The minister leads the decree." Tang Yiqian responded, and he can now see that Chu Yuezhi is different from Chu Yuelei. He not only loves the people but also works diligently. He really wants to govern the Daheng Kingdom well. There is such a monarch , he was naturally willing to work hard and work hard for Chu Yuezhi.

Wu Yonglian heard so much from Chu Yuezhi, and he had a rough guess about the holy will in his heart. When he talked with Si Yuanting about the imperial examination, he advocated that it should be changed. Now that Chu Yuezhi proposed to reform the system, he naturally agreed very much. He went on to say: "Your Majesty, please let the minister go back and draft a complete proposal for the reform of the official school system, and ensure that the reform can be fully completed and then submitted to His Majesty for deliberation."

Chu Yuezhi nodded and said, "That's very good."

His eyes fell on Liang Chen again, and Chu Yue insisted, "Liang Jijiu, Guozijian and even the rest of the country will learn new things, you should study it carefully with Wu Shangshu, you are in charge of teaching the supervisors, and you have done so many things. Exam paper, I hope that next time, you can also give me a perfect answer sheet."

Liang Chen was still a little uncertain at first, but now he is sure. Chu Yuezhi was dissatisfied with him. Although he didn't know why, maybe it was because he acted improperly, so he said seriously: "I would like to obey the Holy Spirit Life!"

"Since you all know what you are going to do, let's step back." Chu Yuezhi turned around and walked back to the high platform, holding the throne with one hand, watched the three people salute and leave, and then sat down behind the imperial case .

After the three courtiers left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Wang Zhong came in again to exchange a cup of hot tea for Chu Yuezhi, and Si Yuanting said again: "Chu Qi, what Master Liang just said was out of caution, your words are a bit too serious gone."

"My words are too heavy?" Chu Yuezhi raised his head and repeated, smiled and said, "Si Jiu and Master Liang seem to know each other very well, and they still speak for him."

Si Yuanting sat down on the chair again, and said: "I promoted him, so naturally he will have more contact with him. He is a smart man, and he will not pretend to be lofty when he judges the situation. Back then, when he took the imperial examination for the first time, he was too arrogant. He didn't answer the paper according to the examiner's preference, so he regretted failing the exam, and when he took the exam later, he answered the paper in a proper manner, and then he passed the exam."

Some people would rather die than compromise, but Liang Chen, he knows what he wants, and he is willing to bow his head properly for what he wants.Although in the eyes of others, this may be a slippery sophistication that has lost its integrity and integrity, but Si Yuanting can see clearly that Liang Chen has always been unwilling to retreat half a step, let alone bow his head, when facing what he really should stick to.

Looking at Si Yuanting with weird eyes, Chu Yuezhi said: "To be appreciated by Si Aiqing so much, this cold sacrificial wine must have something special. I hope that next time I call him, he will not let me down again."

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The author says:

It is true that there is a book called "The Complete Collection of Four Books and Five Classics", which was promulgated during Yongle.