Chapter 329 Enke

Bei Jingchuyi's summary is wonderful.

Move! Move now!

As soon as the father and daughter reached a consensus, the bad water that had been passed down from generation to generation began to bubble out.

Bei Heng directly assigned the task to Bei Jingchu, asking her to choose the location of the new capital.

Bei Jingchu went back and looked at the map for several days and came up with three alternative locations.

The most recommended one is Luozhou, which is located in the center of the Grand Canal and has developed water transport.

The emperor did not say whether he agreed or not. Relocation was a big deal, so he had to discuss it with others first.

But there was one thing more urgent than moving the capital: the emperor wanted to hold a special examination one year in advance.

Originally, the imperial examination was held every three years, but the large city that was conquered by Yuhun needed people to manage it.

Before, I complained that there were too many idle officials and no place to use them. But now, all of them have been sent to Yuhun, oh no, Yuzhou and other places, and there is still a shortage of people.

Fortunately, it was already spring, and although the preparations for the spring examination were a bit hasty, we were able to recruit people quickly and take up the posts.

The matter of the imperial examination was handed over to Bei Jingchu. Bei Jingchu, who had thought that she could take a two-day break now that the dog tyrant had returned, was now very resentful.

My bad mood reached its peak when I saw the list of registered candidates.

The aristocratic families almost account for the majority. Not to mention the poor families, even the new nobles who have risen this year are not enough to be included in them.

Bei Jingchu rubbed her slightly swollen temples and felt a little headache.

Kings throughout history have known that aristocratic families are a threat, so why don’t they suppress them? Because aristocratic families are powerful.

The power of the aristocratic families comes from the fact that many of them have become generals or officials, but they cannot ignore them.

Knowledge was not easy to come by at that time, and the better books and teachers were monopolized by the upper class.

Just like the teacher who taught the royal children in the Hongwenguan, he was wise and open-minded, knowledgeable about ancient and modern times, humble, and his thoughts were a thousand years ahead of his time.

The teachers in aristocratic families are certainly not bad. Some of them have wide connections and can hire a great talent who is hidden from the world and may even be better than the teachers hired by the royal family.

But for students from the private sector, it was good enough to find a teacher who could read, and those who could pass the examination to become a boy's student were all great men.

However, teaching and educating by rote is everywhere, which has produced generation after generation of old-fashioned and nerdy people.

Many of the books that the children of aristocratic families casually picked up from their own libraries were rare copies that poor students would never be able to access in their entire lives.

People like Qin Yuping who have emerged from among them are not geniuses picked out of ten thousand, but one picked out of a hundred thousand.

However, the proud son of heaven who was a stunning neighbor in his hometown only had an admission ticket when he came to the capital, and he might not even be qualified to meet Bei Jingchu.

So if you want to promote someone from a poor family, you must have someone available first.

Bei Jingchu leaned back tiredly on the seat back.

Just then Xu Chengzun came to report matters to her. Bei Jingchu rubbed her brows and called him in.

After Tianxuan Niu Ma finished his report, he did not leave. He stayed where he was and said hesitantly, "Your Highness seems to be troubled by something. Would I be honored to share some of your help?"

It was a rare occasion that someone volunteered to work overtime, so Bei Jingchu pulled him aside and started to complain.

As soon as she opened her mouth, she couldn't stop talking. She kept saying, "There is no way to learn, but the scientific research requires the bucket effect."

"You have to learn in difficult circumstances and be an all-rounder. This is asking too much."

Xu Chengzhu asked in confusion: "What is the bucket effect?"

Well...the amount of water a bucket can hold depends on the shortest piece of wood, and you have to take the test for a long time without any short board.

but......

"It doesn't matter."

Her Xu Jialing was a very qualified listener. Whether he understood or not was secondary. But those eyes that looked at her wholeheartedly made her feel that her troubles were being listened to seriously.

Bei Jingchu couldn't help complaining as soon as Jing'er came up.

"Some people are not suitable for studying one or two subjects, so the college entrance examination is more reasonable..."

Bei Jingchu stopped talking and said, "Yes, isn't it okay if we don't require a jack of all trades?"

There are many more war gods who are good at one specialty.

Letting liberal arts masters study science and letting science masters study liberal arts is a waste of talent!

Once she had an idea, Bei Jingchu immediately put down some paper and organized her thoughts.

Drive the confused Xu Jialing out, and throw him away after using him.

After writing down a draft of the charter, she was so excited that she rushed to the study to find the emperor.

Bei Heng was very interested in her proposal. After reading the charter, he asked, "Your Highness, do you mean to let the six ministries directly recruit the talents they need?"

Bei Jingchu nodded and explained, "For example, in the Ministry of Revenue, the most important thing is mathematics. If officials are required to be proficient in classics, then that would be putting the cart before the horse."

"The Ministry of Rites must be proficient in classics, and the rest is secondary."

"Anyone who can pass the examination to become a boy is not a fool. If the requirements are too low, he can also be promoted to a scholar."

"It doesn't mean that the current system will be abolished, it just means adding a special recruitment channel."

"In this way, the number of poor students who can be used by us will be greatly increased. There will be fewer people in power among the noble families."

After Bei Jingchu left, a palace maid made a small mistake but was not punished.

Eunuch Jiang knew that His Majesty was in a good mood. Every time after discussing state affairs with the Crown Prince, His Majesty's mood would improve a little.

He could understand that the heir he chose never failed and his methods and strategies were all top notch. As a father, how could he not be proud?

Just like he was extremely pleased watching Long Shou grow up and become more and more outstanding.

His Majesty was only mildly happy and didn't often show off his children, which was already very reserved.

As for the less prominent heirs of the throne...

Your Majesty is also very relieved. It is good enough if there are one or two outstanding children in a generation.

As the former Grand Eunuch, he had a very accurate understanding of the Emperor's thoughts.

The Crown Prince was a soft-hearted heir who satisfied His Majesty in every way. He wanted to tell Long Shou to get close to the Crown Prince and become his confidant like the Minister of the Central Secretariat or General Lei.

......

The upcoming spring examination is watched closely by all the noble families in the capital. After all, every time, there will be young men from the family who will take advantage of this opportunity to gain fame and fortune.

However, the emperor and the prince clearly supported the poor and suppressed the power of the aristocratic families, which made them start to worry.

They discussed with each other, and many of them came to Chang for help.

As the most outstanding young man of this generation in the aristocratic family, Chang Tingyi met many people and was tired of saying the same thing.

In front of the guests, he put on a polite smile and comforted them with a hint of contempt: "Your Majesty and the Crown Prince have agreed to support the poor, but the poor don't even have a few books in their collection, so where can they find good talents?"

"There is no one else available. No matter how reluctant you are, you have to use us."

"The children of the noble families are indeed a little arrogant, but their knowledge is solid, so what are they afraid of?"

The person opposite him was convinced by him and his frown relaxed.

Chang Tingyi confidently analyzed: "Especially since there are so many officials to be assigned to Yuzhou and other places this time, even if all the poor students who are entering the government are filled up, they can't fill up half of the vacant positions."

"The situation has been like this for a hundred years, and it will be no different this year."

Those poor students also think so.