The matter of the two tax laws has given many officials in the Tang Dynasty a clearer understanding of the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty and the people. They suddenly discovered that as long as you make the people live comfortably, the people can also make you feel comfortable as an official.

And being an official is comfortable, being an emperor and all officials is comfortable. This is a completely virtuous cycle.

Not only that, Li Xuan also found that since the lives of the people in the Tang Dynasty have been better than before in the past two years, the talents who passed the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty have also been much better than before, because Li Xuan is often checked by the final palace examinations, so he is still very satisfied with this. Although the talents later were not as outstanding as Du Huangshang and Hong Yuan, the overall quality has been much better.

Speaking of which, the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty are relatively free today. Generally, they are only selected once in a few major regions. Those who pass the examination can directly participate in the "provincial examination".

In name, the provincial examination is a national examination hosted by the Shangshu Province, which is equivalent to the later "comprehensive examination". The candidates and the rankings of each person are determined by the Zhigong Ju. The Zhigong Ju is usually changed every three years, and sometimes every year. Each person's knowledge, character, and mentality are different, so of course it is impossible to have a unified standard. Moreover, the exam paper is not covered, and some exams have not been opened at the time, but the rankings have been determined, and there are even those who are strong and have their own top scorers. There are dark stories in every era, and the Tang Dynasty is no exception.

But that's all the past. Since Li Yan became the emperor and wanted to choose talents from these exam candidates, this phenomenon has obviously improved a lot.

In this sense, the top scholars of the Tang Dynasty before were only equivalent to the "Huiyuan" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (first in the imperial examination), and even worse than Huiyuan.

Because in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial examinations of the Qing dynasties were the main ways to select officials. The screening levels were numerous and strict, and the number of people who took the national examinations far exceeded that of the Tang Dynasty. The number of candidates who took the exam in the Tang Dynasty was 2,000, and generally about 1,000 people per year. Not only was the number of scholars who participated in the imperial examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties extremely large, but the admission ratio was naturally very small. Moreover, there were extremely strict procedures for determining Huiyuan, and it was generally not possible to count if anyone said it.

But now, this situation has been broken. With the more and more people studying under the intentional or unintentional advocacy of Li Qing in recent years, the number of candidates who took the exam in the Tang Dynasty has already exceeded 10,000. From the previous one to the previous one at 10,000, the quality has improved greatly without saying.

In addition, when the imperial examination was established in the Sui Dynasty, the Ming Jing and Jinshi were selected. The Tang Dynasty followed the Sui system and further developed in this regard.

Due to the sound state system, economic development, and the rise of common landlords, they required the improvement of social status and the opportunity to participate in politics; the Tang Dynasty used the imperial examination as the main method of selecting officials, so as to select qualified talents, improve the quality of officials and win over scholars.

The sources of the candidates include "students" from the Imperial College and "county tributes" selected by Jingzhou and county. They are first admitted by the Ministry of Rites, and then they are examined by the Ministry of Personnel to obtain their own, speak, write, and judge. Only after passing the qualification can they be awarded an official position.

In these aspects, the system was actually very strict at the beginning, and it was even more difficult to take advantage of the situation. As long as you replace the people who hold power with those who Li Yu and Liu Yan really know in every exam, you can almost get a pretty real result.

If this system is slightly loophole, the difficulty of the Tang Dynasty exam is really undeniable. Even Li Qing praised him after seeing it.

According to him, if someone really can love the five levels and six generals who pass the difficult exam to the end, then he is indeed a talent, without any adulteration.

The reason why Li Qing said this is because not all subjective topics in this subject are as he had imagined before. You just write your article and you will be done. If you write it well, you will be successful. Instead, you must be both subjective and objective.

The Ming Jing and Jinshi classes in the Tang Dynasty were originally just test strategies, and the content of the exam was the meaning of the classics or current affairs. Although the subjects of the two exams changed, the basic spirit was that Jinshi focused on poetry and essays, Ming Jing focused on postings and ink. The so-called postings meant that the scriptures were opened on a page, covering the left and right sides, and only one line was opened in the middle, and then covered with paper and posts to fill in the testers. This kind of question was also found in later generations, and the name was not so literary, so it was called "fill in the blanks", which was famous.

Mo Yi is a simple written test of the words and sentences of the scriptures. The post scriptures and Mo Yi can be tested by reading the scriptures and comments carefully. Poetry and essays require literary talent. Especially, it is difficult to get the Jinshi, so the saying "Thirty-year-old Ming Sutra, fifty-young Jinshi" has always been circulated.

This is not counting. The examination subjects in the Tang Dynasty were divided into regular subjects and regular subjects. The examinations held in installments every year were called regular subjects, and the examinations held by the emperor temporarily issued an edict is called regular subjects.

The regular subjects include: Xiucai, Mingjing, Jinshi, Junshi, Mingfa, Mingzi, Mingzi, Mingzi, Mingzi, Mingzi, Mingzi, First History, Three History, Taoju, Bozi, etc.

It is worth noting that the academic subject of scholars was extremely high in the early Tang Dynasty, and few people could pass it. For example, during the reign of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, there was a record of passing the academic subject after the examination, which shows how difficult it was. Therefore, the academic subject was gradually abandoned. This is completely different from the "Journeys walked all over the ground and there were as many scholars as dogs" in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Don't misunderstand by the officials. The judicial subjects are not often held. The examination methods include: oral examinations, posting scriptures (filling in the blanks), meanings (equivalent to the written test of oral examinations), questions (papers), and miscellaneous essays (poetry and essays).

The contents of the Ming Jing Classics: Nine scriptures, "Book of Rites", "Zuo Zhuan" are the great scriptures; "Book of Songs", "Zhou Li", and "Yi Li" are the middle scriptures; "Book of Changes", "Book of Changes", "Book of History", "Gongyang Zhuan", and "Guliang Zhuan" are the small scriptures, not only the six scriptures, but also the "Book of Filial Piety" and "Analects of Confucius" are the must-have exams. The examination methods of the Ming Jing Classics are generally just oral exams, posting scriptures (filling in the blanks), and ink meanings. Generally, as long as you have proficient in the scriptures and notes, memorizing and memorizing, you can pass the exam.

Let’s look at the Jinshi class. Originally, only the Jinshi class only took the test questions, but later added the posting of scriptures (filling in the blanks) and miscellaneous essays (poetry and essays). Only the posting of scriptures, namely “The Book of Rites” and “Zuo Zhuan”. Adding to the posting of “Laozi”, four of the ten questions can be answered, and one of the poems and essays will be qualified.
Chapter completed!