Chapter 1291 Capital affairs
Wei Renpu died of illness, and was given a posthumous title and was granted the title of Zhongshu Ling. The news that the Viscount, accompanied by the issuance of the diary newspaper, spread throughout the country from Luoyang.
The emperor's attention was so important that his funeral was filled with honor. All civil and military officials, as well as the children of lords, even the emperor's brother, King Wei, came to pay tribute to him.
Literature is the most sensitive.
They naturally understood that the emperor's behavior actually showed that the emperor had always respected the wise and wanted good talents.
Therefore, these people who are passionate in their hearts are also very eager to be reused.
Among them, those who praised himself as prime minister were even more talked about and were extremely dissatisfied with the Jinshi system.
They said that they could not get good talents in the exam, and they could only accept a group of people who study hard.
Such remarks actually have a market in Luoyang, which is completely beyond Li Jia's expectations.
Scholars are dissatisfied, and scholars belonging to the elite class are dissatisfied, which is enough to make him alert.
Li Jia is extremely concerned about the turbulence in Luoyang. The capital of a country is actually equivalent to a barometer of a country.
For example, the plague in Beijing at the end of the Ming Dynasty, with only one million people remaining in the past ten thousand. In the late Qing Dynasty, Beijing was even more messy, conservative and conservative, and almost shameful of industry.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of people starved to death due to the closure of the Grand Canal.
Of course, if you argue, Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty was actually in the second year of Jingkang, when the Jin people siege the city for the second time, it was actually in ruins and most of the population was dispersed.
"Investigate and see what's going on!"
The emperor didn't talk much, and he would investigate before he could talk about it if he had any questions.
Liu Wen responded and the Imperial City Office came to the mission again.
"By the way, the grain prices in Luoyang have dropped a lot in the past few days."
Just as he was about to leave, the emperor suddenly called him, then squinted his eyes and said, "In theory, the autumn grain was put into the warehouse, and the food was reduced from twenty cents to sixteen or seventeen cents, which was not big, and it was like this in previous years."
"But this year, it has been reduced to fifteen cents. Although it is only a 10 cent difference, it looks small, but it is actually very big!"
Liu Wen heard that in the late autumn, his forehead was covered with sweat.
The grain shop is low, so when collecting grain, it must be even lower, and it is possible that the rice is ten cents, eight cents, or even six cents.
The low grain hurts the farmers.
"I have investigated it and it is rumored on the street that the wheat yield is high, which makes the grain price much lower."
"Oh!" the emperor nodded slightly, but was still not satisfied. He said, "After that being said, you can't believe rumors. In this way, the Imperial City Department will investigate carefully!"
"No--" Liu Wen left without stopping.
Li Jia smiled with emotion. He is really a good emperor!
Immediately, in less than half a day, the Imperial City Department investigated the reasons for the dissatisfaction of the literati system.
There are two reasons.
One is the class of officials from the Sixth Dynasties.
This group of people rely on the care of their father and grandfather, thus becoming officials and belonging to the mainstream of the court.
However, with the prevalence of the imperial examination system, more and more Jinshi were admitted in the court, and more places were admitted.
In this way, their group will inevitably squeeze the power of the officials.
The Jinshi looked down on Yinguan.
But if it is the case, the official of the Yinshi cannot beat the Jinshi because the prime ministers are the backers of the Jinshi. This involves power, so naturally there are many complaints.
Another one is those scholars who are unable to adapt to the imperial examination system and are naturally indignant because they cannot gain power through the imperial examination system.
For example, some people are good at the law but do not know poetry and policy theory, so it is naturally difficult for scholars to take the exam.
Some people know how to use arithmetic or other subject-oriented figures. Naturally, they cannot adapt to the imperial examination system.
You should know that as time goes by, the imperial examination system is constantly being improved. Even the lowest level scholar exam requires the examination of classics, arithmetics, poetry, etc., and you have to pass three levels. Thousands of troops cross a single-plank bridge, so the pressure can naturally be imagined.
This is naturally extremely bad for those who are more proficient in science.
"The website of the imperial examination is still a bit off!"
Li Jia shook her head. Like in the pre-Tang Dynasty, the imperial examinations were dozens of subjects, and they took the exam together in a mess, which was a bit too much.
However, this can indeed attract some minor talents, after all, no one is perfect.
However, listing the Ming Jing, Ming Abiding and Ming Dharma, these three subjects are miscellaneous subjects, and it is indeed good to supplement the Jinshi subject.
At that time, I had already included all three subjects in the Jinshi subject at one time, which was really a bit unlucky.
"Forget it!"
Li Jia thought about it and still gave those who were biased in subjects a chance to become officials.
"So, starting from the next grade, the Jinshi class has been expanded from 60 to 120. Then, by clarifying the law, understanding the classics, and understanding the calculations, ten people in each grade, with a total of 150 people, and it is really good to be a regular candidate for the imperial examination.
Ten people are Li Jia’s last capacity. People who are more proficient in science should not ask for too many, it would be good to have a chance.
In fact, the expansion of the imperial examination has long been brewing in his mind. Sun Zhao proposed the veto before, just to prevent him from gaining prestige. However, the officials could not beat the Jinshi because the prime ministers were the backers of the Jinshi. This involves power, so naturally there were many complaints.
Another one is those scholars who are unable to adapt to the imperial examination system and are naturally indignant because they cannot gain power through the imperial examination system.
For example, some people are good at the law but do not know poetry and policy theory, so it is naturally difficult for scholars to take the exam.
Some people know how to use arithmetic or other subject-oriented figures. Naturally, they cannot adapt to the imperial examination system.
You should know that as time goes by, the imperial examination system is constantly being improved. Even the lowest level scholar exam requires the examination of classics, arithmetics, poetry, etc., and you have to pass three levels. Thousands of troops cross a single-plank bridge, so the pressure can naturally be imagined.
This is naturally extremely bad for those who are more proficient in science.
"The website of the imperial examination is still a bit off!"
Li Jia shook her head. Like in the pre-Tang Dynasty, the imperial examinations were dozens of subjects, and they took the exam together in a mess, which was a bit too much.
However, this can indeed attract some minor talents, after all, no one is perfect.
However, listing the Ming Jing, Ming Abiding and Ming Dharma, these three subjects are miscellaneous subjects, and it is indeed good to supplement the Jinshi subject.
At that time, I had already included all three subjects in the Jinshi subject at one time, which was really a bit unlucky.
"Forget it!"
Li Jia thought about it and still gave those who were biased in subjects a chance to become officials.
"So, starting from the next grade, the Jinshi class has been expanded from 60 to 120. Then, by clarifying the law, understanding the classics, and understanding the calculations, ten people in each grade, with a total of 150 people, and it is really good to be a regular candidate for the imperial examination.
Ten people are Li Jia’s last capacity. People who are more proficient in science should not ask for too many, it would be good to have a chance.
Chapter completed!