"Reform of the imperial examination system is imperative!"

"The scholars educated by Royal Academy and Huangzhuang schools in various places are obviously more skilled and more brainy than those of the Academic officials who rely solely on their staff!"

"Most officials from the Academic Affairs Department can only rely on their aides to deal with government affairs, and usually can only talk about their hearts and minds. Once they arrive at the Beijing inspection schedule, they will be blind, desperately and rely on relationships. If this continues, the Qingming administration after the iron-fisted crusade against corruption will sooner or later be corrupted by these Academic Affairs Department officials!"

"What's more, the country should not only cultivate scholars who can be officials. If the world wants great peace, talents from all walks of life need to be cultivated, and talents of scholars need to be cultivated, so that they can be used by society, rather than just governing the people and the army."

Because the empire is rich in finance, Emperor Zhu Youxiao and his assistants intend to take this opportunity to promote universal education and reform the imperial examination system. Yuanfu Liu Hongxun also presided over the court discussion on reforming the imperial examination system and expressed his thoughts passionately at the court discussion.

"In the meaning of Yuanfu, how should the imperial examination be changed?"

Li Banghua, the Minister of the School, asked a question at this time.

"Selecting officials and selecting talents."

"Specifically, it means selecting talents first and then selecting officials. The talents selected in the provincial provincial examinations will be admitted by higher schools that are upright and separate from provinces. Then graduates of higher schools can sign up for the examinations, and those recorded in the examinations can be awarded official positions!"

"In other words, juren must continue to go to higher education institutions first, so that graduates can take the exam, or they can not take the exam, and the government will be assigned to the job."

"The subjects relied on the provincial examination and the imperial examination are no longer eight-part articles, nor only the subjects of Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism. Instead, they are subjects such as Chinese, mathematics, physics, chemistry, geography, history, and physical fitness. Each subject has a certain score. Ranking is based on the high and low scores. Those with higher rankings will be recorded, and those with lower rankings will not be recorded. Those who pass will be graduated. Those who fail will need to re-educate.”

After Liu Hongxun said this, Liu Yuliang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, immediately stood up: "This is against the ancestral system! It is putting the cart before the horse! The imperial examination does not select scholars based on Confucian studies, but selects scholars based on hundreds of schools of thought. Is this still the Confucianism as the most respected?! We don't care how to teach the imperial village, the royal academy, the palace school, and the wei school. That's your own business! But all the scholars and officials in the world cannot betray the saints' learning!"

Li Jues, the Minister of Rites, also asked: "How much effort did Dr. Dong (Dong Zhongshu) put into helping me make Confucianism a study of the world orthodox! Yuan Fu, do you have the same face to see the two saints of Confucius and Mencius in doing this?!"

"Although Confucius and Mencius are saints, it does not mean that the scholars in the world can only govern their knowledge! In all dynasties, only Confucianism has suffered little losses? If the state dynasty had not advocated practical learning since His Majesty ascended the throne and did not stick to the kingly way, my Daming Zong Society would have long disappeared, and the world was full of bones!"

Liu Hongxun replied.

As the Minister of Responsible, he has been in the central government for a long time, and he is very clear about what the situation is going on within the Ming Dynasty over the years. Natural disasters can be said to be constant. If it were not for the promotion of new crops and the improvement of agricultural technology, coupled with the industrialization, the problem of a large number of refugees, and overseas expansion has transferred the disaster abroad, it would be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to survive.

Therefore, Liu Hongxun said that if Emperor Zhu Youxiao did not advocate the use of the subject after he ascended the throne and used various overbearing means to transfer the contradictions, the Ming Dynasty would have disappeared, and the world would have suffered from a large number of starvation.

"All nonsense! What does this have to do with Confucianism? It's just that people in the world are unsatisfied and the way of heaven is unfair!"

Xiang Yuxuan also said a sentence and continued: "The Book of Han says: After Zhongshu's death, his merits will be more and more expensive, and the world will be wasted, and people will eat each other again! The following officials see that if Confucianism and Taoism do not exist, it will be more difficult to fill in the desires of people, and the way of heaven will only become more unfair, and people will only know profit but not rituals, and eating each other will be more powerful!"

"Changing the imperial examination is not abolishing Confucianism! The so-called Chinese literature contains Confucianism. How can we say that if the imperial examination is changed, then Confucianism and Taoism will not exist?"

Liu Hongxun refuted it with great pain.

"The only thing respects Confucian scholars is that it is difficult for the hearts of the world to educate people, so that villains are rampant and evil people are in power! There are many people who cheat and those who value profit and neglect righteousness!"

"If Confucianism and Taoism are not respected, wouldn't there be more people like this? Even if he teaches it with his own knowledge, wouldn't it make people full of troublemakers?"

"In my opinion, the imperial examination should not be changed. People in the world should only learn Confucianism. This may educate some people to obey and uphold justice. If they are allowed to learn not only Confucianism but also the school of hundreds of schools, they will only rely on their talents to ban the ban! It is not easy to be controlled by the court!"

Gao Yan, the left assistant minister of the school department, replied.

"You are the art of weak people! The imperial court is now changing the imperial examinations, not for the weak people, but for the strong country! Although the weak people are conducive to the control of the court, they are not conducive to the prosperity of the country and even more unfavorable for the eternal survival of the country. If the people only become obedient, what is the difference between it and a cattle and horse?"

Li Banghua replied at this time.

"Aren't the people just like cattle and horses? They can fill their stomachs and work hard, or they can accumulate good deeds and wealth and study, and they should only be allowed to read the books of loyalty and filial piety. How can they be made of both the cunning of wolves, the special stunts of eagles, and the slippery fish?"

Xi Dali, the young minister of Lifan Temple, replied with a smile.

"Does the public think that respecting Confucianism alone can make the people obedient like cows and horses? Even if they are sad and starved, they will not kill officials and rebel, but just wait to starve to death? If this happens, the country and the country will not be destroyed in all dynasties! Although the people can treat them like cows and horses, it does not mean that the people are cows and horses! If they force them to get angry, they will become bandits. Once the people become bandits, they should know what the consequences are."

Li Banghua replied, and bowed to Liu Hongxun: "The officials agree to reform the imperial examination system!"

"Instead of imprisoning the people, so that they only know the great righteousness, not gain wisdom, and do not possess expertise, then the great righteousness will only be abandoned by them. They know etiquette when they have enough food and clothing, and they know honor and disgrace. The people need wisdom. When they encounter unfair things, they can protect themselves, their families and the country. When they cannot farm, they can be craftsmen, and they will not become refugees directly."

"The art of weak people is indeed undesirable! Now the world lacks officials who understand all kinds of techniques, but there are no shortage of Confucian officials. If this continues, the court can only pay more and more attention to His Majesty's retainers from Huangzhuang Society, Weixue, Zongxue, and Gongxue. Our traditional scholars will eventually be eliminated. It is better to take the initiative to change and gain a foothold in the court!"

Wen Tiren said at this time.

"In this case, we can only resign!"

Li Jues replied at this time, and couldn't help but sigh, very depressed.

Because in his opinion, the Ming Dynasty was indeed not the same as before. Since Emperor Tianqi ascended the throne, he used strange tricks to govern the country, Confucianism in the world began to lose his orthodox position in Middle-earth. Even the scholars and officials began to betray Confucianism because of the interests of the country and the interests of their own families.

This naturally made him very sad and could not accept all this. He did not understand why the knowledge of the saint was inappropriate.

"Then I will resign!"
Chapter completed!