Chapter 20 The Imperial Examination System
The imperial examination system started in the Sui Dynasty and was perfected in the Tang Dynasty, but the emphasis on the imperial examination in the early Tang Dynasty was insufficient, far less than that of the Song and Ming dynasties in later generations. In the final analysis, I still did not truly understand the significance of the existence of the imperial examination.
In Pei Min's view, the current imperial examination system has three major disadvantages:
It is: The real-name system for the imperial examination. The real-name system directly leads to the superiors being able to control the exam at will, and there are serious fraud.
Secondly, the person responsible for presiding the imperial examination has too low official positions and too great power to convince the public. The officials responsible for the spring examination are selected from the Ministry of Personnel’s examination officer Wailang, who is fully responsible for the imperial examination. The official position of the examination officer Wailang is from the sixth rank, and is placed in the sixth rank, but in the capital, in Chang'an, where the princess and nobles are everywhere, and the third rank officials are flying all over the sky, how can a small official from the sixth rank, with the pressure of the outside world? Not to mention a huge figure like Princess Taiping, any prime minister can suppress He Zhizhang tightly. But such a small sesame and mung bean official has the right to appoint the Jinshi to the first place, the second rank, the third rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank, the second rank,
Third, due to the trend, the Tang Dynasty was not strict in punishing fraud in the imperial examinations. Unlike the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, those who were involved in bribery were severely punished. Pei Min remembered that during the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, candidates cheated in the imperial examinations and were disqualified; those who had passed the examinations would be cancelled, and they would be sent to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation and even imprisoned for life. The examiner did not perform his duties and led to the candidates' falsehood, and the falsehood would be successful. The mild case would be demoted, and the serious case would be dismissed from office and investigated, and even exiled, and the case would be punished.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was even a tradition of conducting papers. He threw the poems he wrote to the nobles and was appreciated. He said that the famous poems, Wang Wei, was admitted to the top scorer in this way. As for the examination room, he was only expelled from the examination room, and he was restricted from taking the exam for three to five years. He had almost never had any bloodshed. In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was 1 year, and even if he was restricted for three to five years, it would be no good.
These three major disadvantages have led to the uneven talents selected for the imperial examination. Of course, there are countless talents like Zhang Jiuling, Wei Zhigu, Song Jing, and Wang Shi who have also cheated on high school through backdoors.
It is not easy to get rid of the three major disadvantages. Moreover, Pei Min does not have the ability at the moment, but it is easy to solve He Zhizhang's difficulties and make some small changes.
Pei Min said: "Brother Zhang's worries today are that he has too much power in tribute, and the three-level ones are determined by your words. As long as you make a slight change, you will not know the candidate's name, and it will only be determined by the candidate's score. This is not within your ability, how can Princess Taiping treat her brother?"
He Zhizhang was shocked and said, "Go quickly, brother."
Pei Min smiled and said, "Change the real name to the name system. Until the final result comes out, no one knows who wrote the test paper."
He Zhizhang frowned and said, "This misogynistic system was adopted in the early years of Empress Wu ascending the throne, but the effect was not obvious and it has been abolished."
Pei Min narrowed his eyes and said, "That's because the system is not in place. It's just a hasty name-shaming, so it's easy to find loopholes for people. In detail, my name-shaming system is divided into several steps. A special person closes the paper; a special person clones the paper; a special person copys the paper; a special person divides the test paper into real papers and copying papers, seals the real papers, and handes the papers to my brother for review. The celebrity is not aware of the answers, and the copying papers do not know the name. The brother can only divide the three grades according to the answers on the copy. After the conclusion of the three grades, compare the real papers, open the name of the papers, and publishes the list of three grades. The whole process, the brother cannot know who wrote the test papers and who wrote them through any means. Faced with this situation, if Princess Taiping still blames you for this, she will not have the qualification to be in the court until now."
He Zhizhang put his hands together and said, "What a wonderful thing! This can not only help you help me to help you solve the situation, but also to truly select talented people. The meaning of the existence of the imperial examination is to promote talents for the country, but now it has become a tool for games. It's a pity. If this idiot system can be implemented, those who have high school imperial examinations will have their own strengths."
Pei Min said: "So my brother can silence and make a fuss about Princess Taiping, and secretly report this miscellaneous name system to Your Majesty in unknown ways. Your Majesty has the style of a wise ruler and has the ability to suppress Princess Taiping, so he will adopt it. However, the announcement should not be too early to avoid Princess Taiping's corresponding actions. It is best to publish a new law before the imperial examination. At that time, even if Princess Taiping comes up with a way to deal with it, there is no time to operate it."
He Zhizhang smiled and said, "I know for you." This difficult thing is solved. Yi swept away the heart and felt depressed. He thought that he would not have to offend Princess Taiping to exile to Lingnan. He said happily: "Drinking, I will help me a lot. For me, I should respect you three times."
Zhang Xu also narrowed his eyes and smiled: "To congratulations, you don't have to go to Lingnan to find Brother He to drink, it is indeed worth celebrating!"
"Drink again!" Pei Min's eyes were a little blurred, and she said, "The spring exam is approaching, I still have to work hard."
"Drinking is not a bad study!" Zhang Xu pushed him and said, "Drinking with us will definitely be more effective than working alone."
At first Pei Min didn't think so, but she drank three glasses of wine. He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu were drinking happily while talking about everything around the classics and history.
He Zhizhang was a legitimate top scholar. After entering the officialdom, he served as a doctorate in four schools. Doctor Taichang was all academically working, and his classics and history are two of the most famous. Zhang Xu, He Zhizhang, Zhang Ruoxu, and Bao Rong were also known as the "Four Scholars of Wuzhong". They were also talented and knowledgeable. They studied classics and history for thirty or forty years and had unique insights. Pei Min relied on the understanding of later generations to have an in-depth conversation with them, and his true literary skills were much inferior to them. In-depth discussions with them on the classics and history were equivalent to listening to two very high-level lecturers’ discussions. His own benefits can be described as huge.
After drinking this wine, Pei Min realized that what he learned was smaller than that of a million alone! He said a lot more.
He was not good at drinking, so he waited for the banquet where He Zhizhang returned from the court every day.
This morning, when Pei Min was washing up, he found that his mouth was full of wine and he was really going to become a drunkard. He was a little tired after working hard these days and nights. It would be better to give himself a day off, go out for a walk, and buy some tea leaves, so as not to drink as water all day long. In the past few days in the He Mansion, he drank ten times more wine than in previous and later life.
Youzhou can’t buy tea, and Chang'an has no reason to buy it.
Thinking of the strong fragrance of green tea in later generations, Pei Min couldn't help but feel out: He Zhizhang had already gone to the Ministry of Personnel to report, said hello to Zhang Xu, and walked out of the He Mansion.
Chapter completed!