Kong Yingda was not a master of officialdom, and the reason why he impeached Li Kuan was quickly investigated by Li Zhong.

Under the leadership of Kong Yingda, the impeachment of Li Kuan became more and more serious, but it was only involved in the imperial examination, and the direction was completely distorted.

One party constantly emphasized that the teaching at Huzhu Primary School did not respect the ancestors and misled the students; while Li Kuan wrote a letter claiming that the students at Huzhu Primary School mainly went to the imperial examination for a few subjects such as Mingfa and Mingshu.

Plan to study economics and Jinshi subjects.

Officials who were born in the middle world of the DPRK were happy to see Kong Yingda and Li Kuan fighting there, and they also added fuel to the flames. In the end, Li Shimin followed the trend and introduced a reform of the imperial examination, cutting off some imperial examination subjects of little significance.

Kong Yingda naturally supported the imperial examination, which gave scholars a formal way to enter the court and was very useful in promoting the development of Confucianism.

Although the aristocratic family also knew that the original intention of the imperial court to launch the imperial examination was to expand the scope of talent selection, break the residual influence of the nine-rank Zhengzhong system, and weaken the influence of the aristocratic family on the court.

However, they do not think that their children will be worse at studying since childhood than those children from poor families who became monks halfway, so they are not very alert.

In fact, although the imperial examination has been around since the Sui Dynasty, not many children from poor families entered the court through the imperial examination. According to the original history, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, after the aristocratic families adapted to the imperial examination, there was a wave of talent explosion.

, the Cui family, Zheng family and other aristocratic families have greater influence in the court than in the early Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I went to Dengzhou and asked His Highness the King of Chu in detail about his views on the reform of the imperial examination. He mentioned two points. One is that the reform of the imperial examination should be carried out slowly and not make too big a change at once. The other point is that he

It is required that the imperial examination papers be transcribed and transcribed before being graded."

Li Kuan had previously discussed with Li Shimin the issue of weakening the family, and also mentioned the need to reform the imperial examination. In addition, the source of this incident was also related to him, so Li Shimin specially sent his personal eunuch Lan He to go to Dengzhou Prefecture.

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"Hu Ming, copy it and then grade it?" Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he immediately figured out the power of it.

"Go and summon some important ministers to come over and discuss the reform of the imperial examination."

Li Shimin made a decision in his heart.

In the end, Kong Yingda fought against Li Kuan and fought back and forth, but he helped Li Shimin complete an important move to weaken the family. I wonder if Kong Yingda would vomit blood after knowing the true meaning of the matter.

…

In June of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin officially announced to the world the reform of the imperial examination. The new regulations would be applicable from Chungui in the early eighth year of Zhenguan.

Scholars of the Tang Dynasty were shocked by a new piece of news.

In fact, they were mainly scholars in Chang'an City. Because the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was held once a year and it was inconvenient to travel back and forth from other places, they either gave up the imperial examination or stayed in Chang'an City.

"Who is Li Kuan? Why did he preside over the compilation of the "Dictionary of the Tang Dynasty"? Did my father agree?"

Li Tai threw a thick dictionary to the ground angrily.

"Your Majesty, in fact, according to my subordinates, this "Datang Dictionary" is no better than "Shuowen Jiezi". It just adopts the pinyin that looks like a talisman created by the King of Chu."

"What's the use of saying it's not good? My father thinks it's good, that's enough! Haven't you heard that my father asked the Ministry of Rites to promote this pinyin to the entire Tang Dynasty? The recent books published by Xinhua Bookstore basically have the above

There is Pinyin, and there is even a booklet dedicated to learning Pinyin.”

Li Tai has always regarded himself as the most talented among the royal family. Although he was robbed of the limelight by Li Kuan for a while, with Li Tai's continuous efforts and the fact that Li Kuan has published relatively few works recently, Li Tai has regained his reputation.

The feeling back then.

Unfortunately, this feeling did not last long, and was shattered one after another by a series of combined punches such as "Three Character Classic" and "Datang Dictionary".

"His Royal Highness King Wei, I heard some time ago that Kong Yingda was unhappy with the King of Chu. How about we go find him and join forces to impeach the King of Chu?"

"Impeach? Impeach him for what? Li Kuan came up with this thing to promote more people to be literate. The more people are literate, the more disciples of the Kong family. Kong Yingda is too late to be happy, so how can he object?"

"Hey, this King of Chu is so unprincipled. Kong Yingda even came to his door, but he is still helping him."

"A woman's opinion! Where is Li Kuan helping Kong Yingda? He is trying to please his father! I am confused. He is an adopted bastard who is destined to have no fate with the throne. Why does he always refuse to accept me?

Good intention to release?”

"My lord, please don't be discouraged. Your Highness the King of Chu has not accepted His Highness the Crown Prince's offer."

…

An arrow pierces the clouds, and thousands of troops come to meet you.

Li Kuan made several big moves one after another, which immediately attracted countless down-and-out scholars to turn their attention to Dengzhou Prefecture.

Whether it was Chu Suiliang, Shangguan Yi, or Xu Jingzong, although they had some reputation in Chang'an City in the past, they were far from famous.

But now, the names of the three of them have resounded throughout the sky, and even Li Shimin is familiar with them. Their future is destined to be good.

The most important thing is that what they do is something that will last forever and leave a name for generations to come.

Is this the dream of most scholars?

Go to Dengzhou!

Make a name for yourself!

This became the choice of many scholars during this period, and Dongfang Ping was one of them.

"Brother Dongfang, have you really decided to go to Dengzhou to join His Highness the King of Chu?"

Su Chengguan watched Dongfang Ping packing his luggage, with melancholy on his face.

Dongfang Ping had enough to eat for one person and the whole family was not hungry, so he could go to Dengzhou as long as he thought about it by himself; but Su Chengguan had parents in Chang'an City, and they hoped that he could take the orthodox imperial examination and become an official in the court in a short period of time.

I just can't convince my parents to change their mind.

"Brother Su, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is talented, ambitious, and deeply loved by His Majesty. He has great potential in Dengzhou."

"No matter how powerful the King of Chu is, he is just a prince after all and cannot be promoted. Brother Dongfang, you have to think carefully."

"A few days ago, I saw an arithmetic book written by His Royal Highness the King of Chu in the Xinhua Bookstore. I couldn't understand many of the contents in it. Brother Su, you know, I am most interested in arithmetic, even if it is just

For math studies, I always go to Dengzhou."

"Although Mingshuang is also a subject in the imperial examination, the future is limited. Even if you are the final official in the Ministry of Personnel, you can only go to the Ministry of Husbandry to be a ninth-grade sesame official. It will be difficult to be promoted throughout your life."
Chapter completed!