"Your Majesty is worried that someone will use the imperial examination to cause trouble in the future?" Li Jie asked when he heard Lao Zhu's words.

"I'm not worried about their troubles, but what I'm worried about is the people behind the imperial examination. Do you know why I stopped for ten years after the imperial examination held?" Lao Zhu suddenly asked.

Including this time, Lao Zhu only held six imperial examinations in total, but Lao Zhu was in power for 31 years. According to the imperial examinations every three years, he would hold at least ten imperial examinations. The reason for the fewer was that after the first imperial examination, Lao Zhu stopped the imperial examinations. It was not until the fifteenth year of Hongwu that Lao Zhu announced the launch of the imperial examinations to select scholars again.

"This... I heard that it was because after the first imperial examination, Your Majesty was very disappointed with the Jinshi in that subject, so he felt that the imperial examination could not get the talents needed by the court, so he suspended the imperial examination." Li Jie hesitated for a moment before answering.

Li Jie didn't know much about Lao Zhu's suspension of the imperial examination. After all, he was not born at that time, so he just heard some rumors, and didn't know whether it was true or false.

"This is just one of the reasons you said. At that time, I admitted more than 100 people in the first grade of Jinshi. At that time, officials urgently needed to manage the local area, so the number of Jinshi admitted was also higher. I thought that after these Jinshi were appointed, they could help me manage the local area, but I did not realize that although these people were good at writing articles, they had no experience in government affairs. Not to mention managing the local area, they could not do anything that even some minor officials could do well!"

When Lao Zhu said it at the end, he also showed a helpless look on his face. He had never read many books. He had always had some fantasies about scholars at that time, thinking that the more people read, the more capable people were. But after really admitting these scholars, he found that his personal ability had nothing to do with how much they read. Some people read a lot, but when they really let them manage the place, they would only make the place mess.

"People with good reading do not necessarily have strong abilities, but reading makes people wise and increases their knowledge. Therefore, reading can only be regarded as a way to screen talents. Although it is not comprehensive, there is no other better way to replace it." Li Jie also answered, and this problem still has no solution in future generations.

"Yes, it's because I couldn't find a replacement, so I started the imperial examination later. However, after the first imperial examination, I discovered that these scholars had big problems. I wonder if you have any discoveries?" Lao Zhu said at the end and looked at Li Jie again, as if he wanted to use this question to test him.

"The problem with scholars? This... I don't know." Li Jie hesitated for a moment before shook his head. In fact, it was not that Li Jie didn't know, but that there were too many problems with scholars. He just grabbed it with a lot, so he really didn't know which aspect of the problem Lao Zhu was referring to?

"These scholars are too aggressive!" Lao Zhu didn't bother with Li Jie, and immediately said the answer.

"Affective?" Li Jie was stunned when he heard these two words. There are many problems with scholars, such as being too arrogant, tying up groups and exclusion, suppressing dissidents, etc., but it is still very surprising to talk about the words "Affective". After all, scholars are not roosters, so why is it related to fighting?

Lao Zhu also saw Li Jie's unexpected expression and smiled and asked, "Why, do you think I'm against it? The martial arts should be more aggressive, but I say that scholars are more aggressive?"

"I really can't figure it out." Li Jie said the truth.

"It's normal that you can't figure it out. Maybe only by standing in my position can you see more things." When Lao Zhu said the last, a little desolate expression appeared on his face. The emperor stood on a high place, although the scenery was infinite, but he was also lonely.

"Warriors are fighting, but they are just showing off their courage. Even if they become generals, they are just using fighting on the battlefield. But scholars are different. They are simply the best fighting group I have ever seen!"

When Lao Zhu said this, he narrowed his eyes and continued, "After these scholars become officials, they will form a group to fight with military generals. Under the banner of warriors ruining the country, they will try every means to suppress the warriors, and even fight with me. However, they want to separate power from me and even limit my power."

"What's even more hateful is that these scholars have to divide people into four levels: scholars, migrant workers and businessmen, and rank their status at the highest level. Farmers, craftsmen and merchants all have to accept their control. Only in this way can the world be peaceful and have great governance. They even stuffed these things into people's heads early, as if the world cannot operate without these scholars."

When Lao Zhu said this, he suddenly sighed again, and then continued: "But you have to admire that these scholars are not only aggressive, but also very capable and dare to fight. The number of farmers is the most, the merchants are the richest, and the craftsmen are skillful, but they are all no match for scholars. The generals can only be arrogant in troubled times. When the war is over, the generals will sooner or later be suppressed by scholars, and even me..."

When Lao Zhu said it, he suddenly stopped and showed a helpless look on his face. Li Jie also sighed when he heard this. He finally understood what Lao Zhu meant now.

In fact, Lao Zhu was right. Scholars are indeed very aggressive and their combat effectiveness is also very strong. The source of their combat effectiveness is because they arm themselves with Confucianism and have unified ideas for the outside world.

Therefore, scholars may not be as numerous as farmers, wealthy as merchants, smart as craftsmen, and brave as martial artists, but they can stand at the top and rub other classes on the ground.

It’s like later generations of teachers have been asking the party and the army to unify their thinking and use Marxism-Leninism to arm their minds. In contrast, the opposite transport brigade leader did not pay any attention to this aspect at all. Therefore, no matter how large the territory they occupied, how advanced the weapons, and how large the number of troops were, they were still defeated in the end.

"I understand what Your Majesty means. This time the imperial examination case is actually a counterattack by these scholars. They are not targeting the northerners, but His Majesty. Although His Majesty temporarily suppressed them this time, they will make a comeback sooner or later!" Li Jie also sighed and said.

"Yes, even if I am wise for a lifetime, I can still escape birth, old age, sickness and death. Those scholars have been passed down from generation to generation. Time is nothing to them at all, but I don't have much time!" Lao Zhu couldn't help but show a look of frustration at the end. When he met such an enemy who could not be defeated or killed, even with Lao Zhu's tenacity, he felt discouraged at this time.
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