"Scholar, Juren Examination?"

When Li Jia heard this, she was surprised. She glanced at Sun Guangxian with a smile on her face. Then she suddenly realized and said:

"The second test was held two years ago. I will indeed take another exam this year, and the scholars will also come out!"

The greatest wish of scholars in their lifetime is to pass the imperial examination and Jinshi. After passing this threshold, they will naturally have official positions, nothing more than high or low.

Regardless of other things, Shu, Jiangxi and Jiangnan prefectures have been peaceful for decades, and their literary style is prosperous, there are many scholars, scholars, and Juren exams. Once they pass the exam, they will definitely cause huge waves. In just a few years, they will be able to rule stably and have a solid foundation.

The more scholars and scholars there are, the deeper the ruling foundation of the Tang Dynasty. These people are naturally supporters of the court.

Three privileges of scholars.

If you don’t worship an official, you can have a common friendship with officials.

When studying with a sword, there is no need for any "passing place", which is the Han Dynasty. Tang Monk's pass certificate was actually called by the Ming Dynasty.

He is exempted from corvee service and concentrates on studying, and does not have to suffer from corvee service. It can be said that he surpasses most of the people.

Moreover, it also has invisible privileges.

You can be directly hired as a clerk by a prefecture or county, and you can be dismissed at any time without being in the official's residence.

This is a half-step official body, which naturally makes scholars flock to it.

Among the 200,000 Shu people and 100,000 Jiangxi people, there must be many scholars. As long as they become scholars and scholars, they will naturally turn around and become natural supporters of the court. Moreover, due to their improvement in status, their status among immigrants will rise sharply and better appease the immigrants.

"How many counties are there in Changsha Prefecture?" Li Jia asked casually.

"There are seven prefectures and twenty-five counties in Changsha Prefecture!" Zhao Cheng, worthy of being the prime minister, blurted out immediately, obviously he had already known the prefectures and counties in various places.

"In other words, Changsha Prefecture can only admit twenty-five scholars this year?"

Li Jia was a little hesitant. The twenty-five quotas were too few. If they were allocated to immigrants, there would be few. Moreover, immigrants are familiar with the exams, so there are really few who pass the exams.

"Your Majesty, please set up a new county!" Sun Guangxian naturally understood the scholars and juren of the Tang Dynasty. He also saw the emperor's embarrassment and said loudly:

"Before the third year of Shenwu, the seven prefectures in Changsha Prefecture had only 400,000 people. By the fourth year of Shenwu, the number of people had reached 700,000, but there were still only 25 counties in the seven prefectures. If it was evenly distributed, each county could reach 30,000 people. But in fact, the people were only added to Tanzhou and Shaozhou, and the rest of the prefectures and counties remained unchanged."

"Shaozhou is only in two counties, with more than 100,000 residents, and eight counties in Tanzhou have more than 400,000 residents, which is extremely bloated!"

"Your Majesty can divide the prefectures and counties and set up new lands to resettle immigrants!"

The placement in Shaozhou and Tanzhou is naturally because the two states have many plains and are vast and sparsely populated, and the other five states have many mountains and few lands, which is inconvenient.

"This is very good!" Zhao Cheng quickly cooperated: "There is only two counties in the vast territory of Shaozhou, and two more counties can be set up to resettle immigrants!"

"Tanzhou has eight counties, so there is no need to set up any more. There are too many, so you can divide some and reset one state!"

Sun Zhao frowned and said.

There are eight counties in Tanzhou, with 400,000 people. It is very inconvenient to manage the county and prefecture yamen. One state governs eight counties, which is too troublesome. He suggested dividing Tanzhou and setting up another state.

Indeed, Tanzhou is too big.

Whether in terms of population or area, it is Changsha Prefecture and Hunan.

With Changsha Prefecture here, there is no need to worry about weakening the central government's strength. After all, it is still directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and within Changsha Prefecture.

"This is reasonable!" Li Jia nodded and said, "Immigration is basically east of the Xiang River. Two new counties can be established, and Anxiangzhou will be added. A new county will be established in the area of ​​Yuelu Mountain, named Yuelu County, and Anxiang Prefecture will be governed by Yuelu County."

The emperor made the final decision and decided the ownership of hundreds of thousands of people at once. With a wave of his hand, he directly divided Tanzhou into two, giving him an additional Anxiangzhou.

Anxiang and Anxiang, their meaning is self-evident.

"In this way, there are two more counties in Anxiangzhou and two more counties in Shaozhou. This year, the scholarship exam can be admitted to twenty-nine people, which is also a blessing for scholars!"

Zhao Cheng exclaimed.

"Scholars are so valuable, so you should not be easily moved. Someone once told me, why not count according to the population?"

Li Jia sighed and said, "I also know that more scholars and juren are also a good thing for our court, but it is because of its rareness that it seems respectable. So I would rather add 4 counties than build a system for my own use!"

"Your Majesty's wise!" Several prime ministers hurriedly bowed.

"The scholars and juren exams in the second half of this year are even crucial. Not only Changsha Prefecture, Xichuan, Dongchuan, even Minnan Prefecture, Jiangxi Prefecture, and Jiangning Prefecture will also be held on a large scale to follow the hearts of scholars. Therefore, the court must pay attention to it and dispatch examiners to various prefectures, so no fraud will happen."

Li Jia stood up and looked ahead. He felt that his empire's foundation was. With the holding of the scholar and juren exam, he would definitely be deeper. If the Jinshi exam is successful next year, it would be considered that the foundation would be truly laid.

"Next year's Jinshi imperial examination will also depend on the Juren exam. You guys, don't be careless!"

"I will definitely do it with caution!"

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The scholar's examination is usually arranged in early August and when the autumn is clear and cool, while the Juren examination is at the end of September and early October, less than two months away from the scholar's examination, just when the summer air is emitting and the cold winter is not coming.

Of course, this is in the south. If the whole country is unified, this season will be a bit out of place, and October is still too cold.

The establishment of Anxiangzhou and the two counties made the entire Changsha Prefecture instantly busy. The officials, clerks, governors, and subordinates of each county were dispatched. There were no less than a hundred officials coming and going, and the hot summer was naturally a headache.

The county government office has not yet been established, but Yuelu County has already started operating in early June. It is stationed in the market at the foot of Yuelu Mountain and renamed it Yuelu Town.

Subsequently, Yuelu County began to sort out, dispatch and register the household registration of the people under its rule on a large scale.

The primary task is to cope with summer taxes, so it is naturally difficult to collect taxes without a household registration.

Secondly, it is to register a scholar for the scholar exam. It must be a murder case, at the age of 16, and the neighbors of about three households signed and protected each other to be considered as meeting the scholar exam.

"Scholar's test?"

Yuelu County assigned personnel to post news of the scholar's examination registration in each of the Academicians. For a moment, the whole county became lively.

I saw that the notice clearly stated the conditions, the time, several rounds, and the location of the exam, and a lot of people gathered in an instant.

The people of Tiangoujia all came from Shu. They were all families of the Shu army and were forced to move to Changsha Prefecture. Now they have registered households in the third floor of Baoli, Li, Jia and three floors, and have settled down.
Chapter completed!