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The purpose of the imperial examination was actually to discover talents for the court, which was also one of the best ways to enrich the imperial officials. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, many people wanted to artificially control the imperial examination, which made the imperial examination take advantage of those with ulterior motives.

However, this bad understanding in the late Ming Dynasty was still followed. It was still difficult to eliminate this influence in a short period of time. For example, the imperial examination was to select talents for the court, not to consolidate the power of any official in the court, nor to make the disciples of a certain examiner all over the world, nor to make the admitted juren and Jinshi cry to the examiner.

This is something that Su Tiancheng is a little worried and pays special attention to, but there are not many preventive measures to take. In fact, it is unlikely to think about eliminating the connection between officials, or making officials honest and honest. Power always has a large and large amount of power. For example, Zhu Shenxuan has a great power, and you can never limit it. People are still doing things for the court with loyalty. It can only be said that they try their best to guide them in future understanding. Thousands of years of official-oriented thinking, thinking that they will disappear overnight, is a dream, and I am afraid that they will not disappear completely in hundreds of years.

Another purpose of the imperial examination is to seize talents.

Zhu Shenxuan and others did not attract attention in this regard. Perhaps they had a very good sense of superiority in their hearts. Think about how powerful the Great Jin Dynasty was, unified the Central Plains, and the national strength was booming. Many vassal states began to worship and meet again. It was a favor for them to surpass the most prosperous period of the Ming Dynasty.

Su Tiancheng had a different idea. If he wanted to build a powerful Dajin Dynasty, he could not do without the support of talents. Talents were available all over the world. If these people could come to Dajin, it would be very important to the Dajin Dynasty and had extraordinary significance. Ideology means very profound. But if you really have a high position, it is actually very simple to see this thing. In fact, it is to control others by exporting ideas. Although hundreds of years later, many people complained about Confucianism, what is not suitable and that is not good. However, the most complete thing that has been preserved in China's thousands of years of civilization is Confucianism. Although there are promotions from government agencies and considerations for its own rule, Confucianism is really so unbearable, and it will not be passed down. After all, the rulers of all dynasties are not fools.

Therefore, Su Tiancheng will not make any major changes. We must still promote Confucianism. The content of Confucianism must not be missing in the imperial examination.

If these people can absorb talents from various countries and become officials in the court, they will unconsciously influence their families and let their families accept Confucianism. Then, through these people, they will spread Confucianism all over the world. Such dissemination is much better than the forced dissemination of the government.

In other words, as long as the court boldly activates talents from the Western Regions, Japan and vassal states, on the one hand, these people can be loyal to the court, and on the other hand, Confucianism can be transmitted through the influence of these people, allowing Confucianism to completely influence various countries.

If you really want to do this, it will be much bigger than the effect of gun attacks.

Su Tiancheng had long thoughts like this. He believed that the influence of cultural dissemination and ideas were far greater than the effect of guns and cannons. Only when Confucianism deeply influenced the world and even worshipped by most countries, the Han people would have been at the peak of the world for a long time.

Of course, it is not a matter of one or two days to do this. It also requires the strength of the Great Jin Dynasty itself and use its strong strength to prove the correctness of Confucianism.

The first imperial examination in Dajin was scheduled to begin on the fifth day of September of the second year of Dajin. First, the provincial examinations were held in various provinces, and then the imperial examinations were held in the capital on the fifth day of November. The palace examinations were held on December 15th. In this way, three key examinations would be over in a year, which would also make candidates more relaxed.

In addition, the division of admission quotas was completed. Although the court needed a large number of officials, Su Tiancheng did not agree to pass the imperial examination once, so he completed the vacancies for officials. Besides, doing so also undermined the rules of the imperial examination, which is unfavorable in the long run.

The biggest thing the court faced was the large-scale transformation of the Gongyuan.

Su Tiancheng took the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty. The feeling of being searched was very unhappy. It was an insult to scholars and was not suitable. Therefore, after discussions by the court, Su Tiancheng issued an imperial edict, requiring all provinces to carry out transformation, and the court was responsible for providing all the fees required for the examination, including paper, ink, pens and inkstones. In other words, when candidates enter the examination room, they do not need to bring anything, and everything is provided directly by the government, so that they can avoid problems such as carrying and entraining to the greatest extent.

In doing so, large-scale rest in examination places such as the Gongyuan are required.

In this regard, Su Tiancheng is willing to spend money and invest in education, which always brings huge returns.

The court also fully supported it. In fact, all the officials who passed the imperial examination and entered the court have encountered that kind of insult. Such body searches will never be forgotten in a lifetime. But everyone is the same and they are not willing to mention them in public. Now the emperor has proposed that the search for the examination is not as strict as before, which is of course a good thing.

Many civil and military ministers knew that it was probably because the emperor encountered such a situation, so he specifically proposed it.

The heroes who expanded and repaired the tribute court were personally responsible for Zhou Yanru, the Minister of Rites.

If Zhou Yanru was the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, he turned into the Minister of Rites of the Jin Dynasty. He should have been criticized by scholars anyway. In fact, it was not the case that most of the officials in the Jin Dynasty were officials of the former Ming Dynasty. This situation had been adapted to in the officialdom, and it was nothing great. It was just some officials who were eliminated due to their ability problems, thinking of complaining, but unfortunately they were embarrassed to say publicly that they were eliminated because of their ability problems. If they complain at this time, wouldn’t they stand up and let everyone laugh at it?

Zhou Yanru is worthy of being the chief minister of the cabinet of the previous dynasty. He has very good skills in how to implement relevant specific tasks. In addition, the atmosphere in the court has greatly improved. The greedy behavior of the past almost no longer exists, and officials dare not be lazy. The Censorate was staring at it with a slightest lack of attention and was found to have problems. At the very least, he was punished and even the hat of an official was removed from his official position. Nowadays, officials with such a high salary, would be a pity if they were really removed from their official positions because of neglecting their duties. Besides, as an official, he still has many privileges in many aspects, and walking on the streets is particularly eye-catching.

Therefore, Zhou Yanru was able to implement the tasks quickly, and the seemingly complex projects were progressing very quickly.

The changes in the government are reflected in these subtle places. In the past, such things would be impossible to imagine. Once such a large project is cleared, someone will immediately think of their own interests, not when the project will be completed. As for the specific work, it will be useless to delay it even if the emperor personally supervises it. The entire bureaucratic group is like this. The emperor is useless to be anxious, but the situation is different now.

There is no delay in the whole process. The officials first consider how to complete their duties and complete tasks. As for whether someone thinks about their own interests during the implementation of the project, it is impossible to completely prohibit it. But at least someone is supervising on the side. If you want to reach out, think about the ending after reaching out.

Through this incident, Zhou Yanru had a great feeling, and his understanding of the emperor was deepened. Why was the situation different? In the Ming Dynasty, nothing could be implemented quickly, and the emperor's imperial edicts would always be distorted, and the emperor also relied on eunuchs and Jinyiwei to consolidate his power, but the effect was still not good.

The Great Jin Dynasty abolished the Dongchang and abolished the duties of the Jinyiwei and the inner guard of the palace, which was to protect the security of the palace and investigate the affairs of officials. The Censorate was directly responsible for all of them, including the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple. The eunuchs were even restricted to the palace. The so-called eunuchs with pens and eunuchs in charge of the seals, etc. no longer existed. The Secretariat was responsible for keeping the jade seal. All the imperial edicts were issued after being reviewed by the Secretariat and Menxia Province. The emperor gave the civil and military ministers very much power.

In theory, such things were impossible to imagine before. Isn’t the emperor afraid of the civil and military ministers below seizing power? If someone rebels and wants to be the emperor, wouldn’t it be a big problem?

Zhou Yanru, who had experienced a lot, after careful experience and observation, he realized that the emperor proposed the practice of managing people and affairs with systems was the foundation of stability in the court. As for the research here, it is estimated that in a short time, special scholars will come to do it.

It is precisely because of the truth here that Zhou Yanru did his best to do things. He could even understand some of the emperor's ideas as quickly as possible. For example, the emperor attached importance to the imperial examination. Zhou Yanru analyzed that the emperor not only considered the lack of court officials, but thought that more people might attract talents and expand the influence of the Jin court in various places. Therefore, he also tried his best to consider many arrangements for specific examination matters.

Zhou Yanru didn't know that the emperor was very satisfied with what he did. He asked the Ministry of Rites to be responsible for the imperial examinations in an all-round way. This is proof.
Chapter completed!