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542. Datang Civil Service Examination (1)

Jing Wen entered the palace, and then many officials of the court were waiting for Jing Wen here. However, Jing Wen was not panicked, because as long as he could propose a solution, the problem would not be big. The key is that many officials have come here now, which has caused the bloated government agency of the court, so he will find a way to solve it.

"Emperor, I am a member of the censor Zhang Yang, and impeached Jing Wen, the director of the Political Research Office of the Sanqi General Service of the Tang Dynasty. He bewitched the emperor, which resulted in the current bloated imperial system. Therefore, the emperor was asked to remove Jing Wen from his position as a punishment!" said a young official.

Jing Wen looked at this guy and clearly knew that this guy was definitely a new Jinshi who had just entered the officialdom this year. The results were just released, and these guys immediately entered the Censorate and served as prosecutors. But now the court has introduced a policy of integrating officials who can be officials, which made him very dissatisfied. He was originally an official who had worked hard to get the exam, but now a group of minor officials can be used as a minor official, which made him very jealous of those minor officials. And this idea was made by Jing Wen, so he naturally wanted to whine Jing Wen. Now that the major yamen in Jingzhao Prefecture is bloated, it is naturally the best reason to criticize Jing Wen, so he immediately whine Jing Wen and whine Jing Wen hard.

But Jing Wen said: "Your Majesty, I think Zhang Yang's proposal is deeply rooted in it."

"Puff--" Li Shimin sprayed out a mouthful of hot tea.

Jing Wen actually took the initiative to agree that others impeach him. What is this going on? I have never heard of it. It is simply strange that someone actually advocates others impeach him.

"Emperor, although I think I agree with it, I think everyone should be held accountable! Some people cannot stand the persuasion of relatives and friends who are entrusting their relationship, and as a result, they arranged their relatives and friends to enter the major yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. This is to add burden to the Tang Dynasty, so the emperor asked to punish me strictly." Jing Wenyi said righteously.

Jing Wen's words passed all the impeachment of the Censor Zhang Yang to others. Although this proposal was proposed by Jing Wen, Jing Wen did not have the right to review the minor officials to enter the government's work. Those officials with the rights were unable to stop everyone's pleas, so they put in the hands. So, in the final analysis, these officials with the auditor officials to enter the government's work were dereliction of duty. Jing Wen passed on all the impeachment of Zhang Yang in the bathroom, which was equivalent to pulling all the officials who were dereliction of duty. If this was the case, if Jing Wen was to punish Jing Wen, wouldn't they also punish the officials? Because those minor officials were recruited by middle-level officials, they had to be injustice and debt, so they had to punish Jing Wen. But in this way, the middle-level officials in the court would probably be vain. Li Shimin would never do this trick.

"Okay. These officials were not recruited by Jing Wen, so there is no need to say more. Now, we should discuss how to solve this matter! Jing Wen, although the main responsibility for this matter is not yours, the root of it is also your proposal, so you can solve this matter!" Li Shimin said.

Jing Wen immediately had an idea and said, "Your Majesty, since all the officials now have the opportunity to become officials, why do we have such a cheaper person? If so, I am afraid that the officials of the court will come in through ordinary minor officials' support funds, and those who are just scattered will become officials. Therefore, I suggest that the officials also take exams, which are similar to the imperial examinations!"

"Then what is the difference between this and the imperial examination?" Li Shimin asked.

Jing Wen immediately explained: "Emperor, the imperial examination is to choose the imperial officials, and this examination is to choose ordinary minor officials, not officials of the imperial examination. Therefore, the grades here are much different and will not affect the imperial examination. As an imperial examination, the starting point is much higher than that of other minor officials. Those with high spirits will not take the examination for officials only. In the future, if the officials can be successfully completed, ordinary officials will have to undergo an assessment before they can become officials. If those officials are allowed to hire privately, it is inevitable that the quality will be uneven, so the examination and distribution will be carried out uniformly before they can take office. The examinations of these officials must be based on practical knowledge. For example, calculation, language understanding, means to resolve disputes, and various things needed for doing things, with actual needs as the examination content. The examination content can also be changed according to actual needs, so that the government can improve its governance capabilities at any time."

"Then what's the point of the imperial examination like this? Emperor, Jing Wen is instigating the emperor to abolish the imperial examination! I am the Ming Jingshi, so what's the use of the Ming Jingshi in the future?" Zhang Yang, the intern censor, asked again.

Jing Wen's exam is entirely to dig the foundation of officials who study classics and history. Because history still has some uses, but these classics have nothing to do with being an official. If you really want to play like this, then what future does the Mingjing subject have? Every time you take the imperial examination, at least two-thirds of the people who pass the Mingjing subject. If the Mingjing subject has no future, then who will still study classics? If you do this, then it will be meaningless for Zhang Yang, who becomes an official by studying classics.

But Zhang Yang never thought that Jing Wen wanted to change everyone's bad habit of learning classics and history through these so-called assessments of officials. Most of the Tang Dynasty studied classics and became officials, while other scholars and Jinshi were few. Jing Wen wanted to let those students see that officials also had the opportunity to become senior officials, and then let them look at them from the bottom. Jing Wen's plan to integrate officials is very big, but in fact it has changed the pattern of future officials. This made the officials who relied on the Ming Jingshi to become officials because their administrative abilities were obviously not good, and they were all a group of snails.
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