The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Li Chengdao's words seemed to carry a strange power, which made many scholars involuntarily relieve the tension in their hearts after hearing it, and then stood up after thanking him.

Looking at the many scholars in the hall, Li Chengdao smiled lightly and said: "You are all the future pillars of our Tang Dynasty. You have worked hard to stand out among tens of thousands of scholars and come to this Jinluan Palace.

Especially for those of you who are from a poor family, it is extremely difficult for you to reach this point. I hope you will not let down what you have learned and serve the country. "

Most of the forty scholars were from poor families. When they suddenly heard Li Chengdao's words, they were shocked.

Thinking of the difficulty of his own scientific examination and the suffering of ten years of poverty, Le Xu felt even more sad. He immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty has overcome all difficulties and reformed the scientific examination, and established a destiny for the people of the world. The common people thank your Majesty for your kindness!"

After he finished speaking, all the scholars also knelt down and knelt down to worship, shouting: "Thank you for Your Majesty's kindness! We are willing to serve the Tang Dynasty till death!"

Such a scene moved many officials in the palace.

Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said seriously: "Your Majesty's grace is so great that it brings blessings to the hundreds of millions of people in the Tang Dynasty!"

All civil and military officials then shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, your Majesty -"

Although he knew it was flattery, Li Chengdao still took advantage of it. After all, who doesn't like to hear flattery?

"Let's start the imperial examination."

Li Chengdao ordered to the left and right.

Jia Xu nodded, and then ordered the guards to bring the desks and the Four Treasures of the Study to the scholars in the palace, and handed out the examination papers.

The content of the Imperial Examination is not the Four Books and Five Classics or intelligence test questions like those in Volumes A and B of the Advanced Examination, but real questions about political strategy and the study of statecraft.

To put it simply, it allows you to express yourself freely and write down future development directions, suggestions, etc. based on the current national conditions of the Tang Dynasty.

This screening method only selects the talents who can govern the country. You must know that whether it is the three provinces or the six ministries, they are all the center of a country. Every move is related to the entire Tang Dynasty, testing your vision and strategy.

The exam lasted for two hours. Under the watchful eyes of civil and military officials and Li Chengdao, the candidates began their exams.

These pressures may affect their examination status and level, but if those who are about to leave the government and become prime ministers in the future cannot withstand even this pressure, they might as well go home and farm.

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Two hours passed quickly. After the eunuch Bingbi next to Li Chengdao shouted stop, a guard came forward to collect the test papers from the candidates, then sorted them out and sent them to Li Chengdao's dragon case. Read it for yourself.

The imperial examination papers were read personally by the emperor, and the top five were also evaluated by the emperor himself.

Now all the scholars were very nervous, but they could only lower their heads and dare not raise their heads to look at Li Chengdao, because that would be very rude behavior.

Li Chengdao picked up the first examination paper and read it. The order of viewing the examination papers was also based on the ranking of the examination. The one he read was Wang Xuelin's examination paper.

"...Local people have been paying excessive taxes for a long time. We should implement a whip law to eliminate local officials and standardize taxation to calm the people..."

Seeing Wang Xuelin's policy paper, Li Chengdao's eyes flashed with surprise.

The policy theory presented by Wang Xuelin in his answer sheet was a policy proposed for the imperial court taxation.

Excessive levies and miscellaneous taxes are an unavoidable evil in all dynasties. What are exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes? In fact, this has little to do with the court, but rather local officials and minor officials cleverly set up names to collect various miscellaneous taxes. In the end, the tax revenue in the hands of the court was still so large, but local officials at all levels enriched their own pockets, and it was the people who suffered in the end.

The aristocratic family is an expert among them. There is no tax or wealth. As a child of the aristocratic family, Wang Xuelin has been deeply aware of this powerful person since he was a child.

From Li Chengdao's various deeds before he ascended the throne and before he ascended the throne, Wang Xuelin judged that Li Chengdao's character was the kind of wise king who valued people's livelihood, so he chose to start with local exorbitant taxes and proposed a solution.

A whip method is to standardize the taxes that every citizen should pay every quarter and put an end to all excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. This can be regarded as a good strategy to clean up the administration of officials and reduce the suffering of taxes for the people.

"good."

Li Chengdao nodded, and the ink pen drew a circle on Wang Xuelin's test paper.

The ancients said that something can be distinguished. In ancient times, there was no specific score, but circles, dots, and verticals were used to score.

The circles are superior, the points are good and can be seen, and the vertical ones are the lowest.

Li Chengdao was very satisfied with Wang Xuelin's policy. He was indeed a talent favored by Jia Xu, and he indeed had merits.

After putting down Wang Xuelin's exam paper, Li Chengdao picked up the next exam paper, which was Le Xu's.

"...Your Majesty's reform of the imperial examination will benefit the Tang Dynasty forever, but it is not yet complete.

His Majesty Cao Minguan established Volume B, which is divided into several categories such as criminal law, arithmetic, industry, and art of war. It can be seen that His Majesty wants to catch all the talented people in the world and prevent them from being left in the wild.

I boldly advise your Majesty to increase the number of subjects, promote them vigorously, and establish a more complete scientific examination system so that the world's talented and talented people can show their talents..."

Seeing this examination paper, Li Chengdao's eyes gradually became serious, and he couldn't help but cast his eyes on Le Xu in the hall, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Le Xu wrote policies based on the imperial examination system, that's all. The most important thing is that the policies he wrote are exactly what Li Chengdao plans to do next!

His reform of the imperial examination system was not over yet. Next, he added scientific examination items and established the Imperial Academy of the Tang Dynasty, which was a college system similar to primary schools, middle schools, and universities in later generations!

He had never mentioned these things to anyone. Although what Le Xu said was not as complete and accurate as he thought, the general meaning was this!

It is hard to imagine that such advanced thinking could be possessed by an ancient person.

"No wonder the auxiliary officer said that he has a long-term vision and a deep chest. He is indeed a talented person in governing the country."

Li Chengdao withdrew his gaze and without hesitation marked Le Xu's paper, "Excellent."

Then he started reading the test papers of other candidates, and time passed like this. ..