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Chapter 898: Confucianism, Taoism, Law and Soldiers

Although Li Zhi was very interested in Wu Meiniang's suggestion, he could not make a decision easily. He had to discuss with the important officials and then make a decision. After all, the scientific examination was related to the country and a very important part of the national system. It was also Li Zhi who came to power. He discussed such a big thing in the first time, and he also wanted to use the scientific examination for a while to win people's hearts, so he did not allow any negligence and had to face it with caution.

So in the evening of that day, Li Zhi summoned Cui Yixuan, Han Yuan, Lai Ji, Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, Li Ji and Han Yi to discuss matters.

This matter cannot be slowed down, because after Han Yi's trouble, all the poor families in the world are looking forward to what kind of reaction the court will react, whether to continue to safeguard the interests of the gentry, or to give some attention to the poor families, the imperial examination is undoubtedly the best expression. In the past few days, all the civil and military officials in the court have been thinking about this matter. Smart ministers all know that the imperial examination is not only a talent issue for Li Zhi, but also a landmark event that kicked off the Li Zhi era.

Ministers must think carefully about this matter that the emperor values!

Now the imperial examination is still in its prototype and has not yet taken shape. Everyone is exploring this way out, so there is a lot of room for development.

Li Zhi first told these important officials about Wu Meiniang's suggestions. Of course, he did not say it was Wu Meiniang's suggestions.

Han Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard this and praised: "Your Majesty is wise, this method is very wonderful."

Xu Jingzong said, "Although Your Majesty's method is wonderful, if it is based on strategy, then what books should the candidates read? What is the focus of reading? And there is no standard answer. The old minister suggested that the Mingjing subject should be retained, and the Mingjing subject should guide students to read, and then use the Jinshi subject to determine the students' ability level."

Li Zhi nodded slightly when he heard this, thinking it made sense.

Lai Ji said, "Mr. Xu was surprised by this. I was thinking for several days at home and found that the strategy of sending a special envoy was the best one. It can help our dynasty solve a big problem, which is, how should Confucianism and Taoism be handled? Our dynasty pursued the policy of confucianism and Taoism, which was not like the Han Dynasty. In the early days, he followed Huang Lao's arts. During the reign of Emperor Wu, he pursued the abolition of all schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone. However, the Ming and Jinshi dynasties that were most valued in the imperial examinations were mainly Confucian scriptures. However, the Taoist dynasty established by our dynasty for Taoist thought was not taken seriously, which led to dissatisfaction among the Taoist school."

As he said that, he bowed to Li Zhiyi and said, "Your Majesty, I suggest that you cancel the Taoist sect and classify Taoist thought as the Jinshi sect. Because this way of governing the country, when Confucianism and Taoism are both practiced, some problems can be solved by Confucianism and Taoism, and some problems can be solved by Taoist thought. If you do not focus on scriptures but focus on strategy theory, you can integrate Confucianism and Taoist scriptures and meanings into strategy theory, so that you can also encourage candidates to learn to flexibly use the knowledge in Confucianism and Taoism scriptures."

Li Yifu said: "If this is the case, the Central Secretariat Ling will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the scientific examination. Confucian children have to read Taoism, Taoist disciples have to read Confucian books. This is really difficult."

Han Yuan said: "What's wrong with this? It can encourage candidates to read a lot of books and select more outstanding talents for the court. In fact, many ministers in the court highly praised the ideas of the Confucian and Taoism. Even among the four major families of Cui, Lu, Zheng and Wang, there are many famous scholars studying Taoist thoughts. The ideas of these two families are beneficial. Moreover, the strategy theory is mainly used flexibly and does not require rote memorization, but instead reduces the pressure on candidates."

Li Yifu shook his head and said, "But the Jinshi exam has always been very difficult. Among the twenty candidates who passed the exam, only one or two Jinshi exams are mostly from the Mingjing. If the Mingjing exam is cancelled, it will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the imperial examination. If this continues, the candidates will lose enthusiasm for the imperial examination, which is not conducive to the imperial examination recruitment of talents."

Han Yi, who had been sharpening his knife for a long time, suddenly raised his hand and said, "Mr. Li is such a bad word. Isn't there still my wise master Six?"

Li Yifu was stunned and regretted it.

He is worthy of being the best assister. Han Yi smiled in his heart and said, "If the court has classified the Six Sages of the Sage into the system, many talents can be promoted from it to supplement the lack of the Mingjing subject. Moreover, don't we have the provincial examination and the provincial examination? The court can put some content of the Mingjing subject in the provincial examination and put some policy statements in it. This will not only reduce the difficulty of the provincial examination, but also allow candidates from all over the country to have a better understanding of the new Jinshi subject."

Xu Jingzong said: "There is no standard answer to the policy, and it is determined by officials. In the local area, the court is beyond the reach, and it is afraid that it will be used by local officials and breed corruption."

Laiji immediately said: "The court can use the results of candidates from various places as a political performance assessment for officials from various places, so as to effectively prevent officials from various places from committing favoritism and fraud."

Li Zhi nodded frequently and liked this atmosphere, proving that everyone was thinking about this issue seriously and no longer perfunctory him like before.

Han Yi frowned and said, "Although the Zhongshu Ling's words make sense, they still have to consider the education situation in various places. Some prefectures and counties are poor, so they naturally give some understanding and cannot be generalized."

Han Yuan and Lai Ji nodded slightly when he heard this. This really cannot be generalized.

Li Zhi thought for a while before saying, "I also agree with the suggestion of the Zhongshuling. Whether it is Confucianism or Taoism, the key is to see whether the problem can be solved. We cannot be biased towards the words of a certain family. The Taoist sect is originally designed for Taoism, but it is not valued. When the needs change, if Taoist theory is introduced into the Jinshi sect, Taoist thought can be taken equally."

The Li Tang royal family claimed to be from the Li family in Longxi and regarded Lao Tzu as their ancestor. Of course, they had to advocate Taoist thoughts. If they deny Taoism, wouldn’t they deny themselves? However, Confucianism was too strong, which led to the Jinshi and Mingjing dynasties being far ahead, and Taoism became a waste of money. If you take current affairs, you can avoid the opinions of one family. Taoism and Confucianism can be used as you can. As long as you can solve the problem, candidates will naturally have to read more books in various aspects and will not only focus on one subject.

Xu Jingzong said: "But Your Majesty, the main needs of the imperial court is the talents to govern the country. The only things in the discipline are special talents. The miscellaneous literature is based on literary talent. The weak ministers still believe that it is not conducive to the imperial court to select talents, and the Ming Jing subject should not be abolished."

He couldn't tell what Han Yi was thinking. In the past, the Jinshi class was mainly poetry and essays, which required creativity and geniuses. It was difficult to pass the exam. Although poetry and essays were classified as essays, the increase was all policy discussions, and the difficulty was not reduced much. The court could not acquire one or two talents in a year! Then we can only find talents from the essays, and the status of the essays was improved, and Han Yi's status would definitely rise with the rise.

It is definitely not allowed to let Han Yi succeed.

This old guy is almost buried, why is his head still spinning so fast? Han Yi was a little depressed when he saw Xu Jingzong seeing through it. That's how he planned to take over the students of the Mingjing Academy.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Your words are not unreasonable. In fact, there are still many subjects in the imperial examination in our dynasty, but there are very few people who have passed those subjects. I am also thinking about whether to stay or abolish them."

Lai Ji pondered and said, "I suggest that the Ming law and the Three Histories be retained. This is the way to govern the country. Confucianism, Taoism and law are indispensable. Our dynasty has always attached great importance to the law. The court should attach great importance to the Ming law and let the Ming law and law replace the Ming law and law. In this way, Confucianism, Taoism and law are all valued. The Three Histories are the study of history. Using history as a mirror, we can know that there are not many people in this subject to rise and fall, but they must be retained. As for the Ming character subject, it can be classified into the miscellaneous literature, and the Ming law and the six studies of the wise men overlap with the special envoys, so there is no need to set it up."

Li Zhi nodded. The Ming Jing and Jinshi were both Confucian and some overlaps. The Ming law was mainly based on the Legal subjects, and the country was always inseparable from the law.

Li Ji, who was about to fall asleep, couldn't help frowning when he heard Lai Ji's words. It wasn't right. He began to wonder, "What am I doing here for? It's rare to say: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this talent in governing the country is indispensable, but this talent in fighting wars is also indispensable. First of all, we can govern the country. In the past, military and political aspects were assigned to the Jinshi subject, and there were few tests. Now, Confucianism and Taoism are in parallel. Therefore, the old minister suggests whether to add a subject involving military affairs to select talents for the military."

He was a pure marshal who only knew how to lead troops to fight. Before that, he had no intention of speaking out. He was very self-aware and was not good at governing the country. However, seeing these civil officials always only care about the selection of civil officials and do not mention the army, he was of course extremely unhappy. He was not stupid. Once the imperial examination was regarded as the only way to enter the officialdom, he would definitely have supreme status in the hearts of the people. If this continues for a long time, the court would definitely focus on civilians over military affairs.

Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty is a martial country. As a soldier, he certainly does not want this to happen. He must say something for the army and say something fair to his soldiers. The humanities in the war are not good. Such a method would be too unfair to the soldiers in the army. If you examine military tactics, you can not only select talents, but also show the court's attention to the army.

When Li Zhi heard this, he suddenly became scared and sweated. He felt it was so dangerous!

You should know that this is not the world of the Song Dynasty, the literati, but now it is the world of military generals. You cannot ignore military officers in everything. Nowadays, military officers are all very awesome. If your emperor doesn’t give me face, we will not give you face. Li Zhi smiled and nodded, "Your dear, you really wake up the dreamer. I almost ignored the military. Yes, the court must not abandon military affairs. It must pay attention to this point. This subject must be included in the imperial examination."

Who dares to object, including the civil officials of Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu. Even if this suggestion was not proposed by Li Ji, they would not dare to say anything more. The military generals of the Tang Dynasty were all powerful generals who dared to beat people in the hall. They were deeply influenced by Hu Feng and were quite fierce. This was different from the Confucian generals of the Song Dynasty. The military power was not as strong as the Tang Dynasty.

Jinshi, scattered liberal arts, Mingfa, and military. Japanese, many competitors came here. Han Yi was very depressed. From the conversation just now, they could see that they did not mention the subject matter at all, and the other subject matters were supported by ministers. It can be imagined how unrespected the subject matter is. This is why more than a thousand years later, the Eight-Nation Alliance will happen. This is really my fault, and I am too short-sighted.

Li Zhi suddenly glanced at Han Yi and saw that he looked depressed and had a clear mind. But in fact, he did not ignore the Six Sages of the Sages. On the contrary, he considered it because the "Six Sages of the Sages" was something that had never been seen before. If it was added to the imperial examination, if it failed, the science and technology system had failed so much, and no one would pay attention to it. But if it succeeded, it would be completely his achievements. Not to mention that it had nothing to do with Li Shimin, it had nothing to do with any monarch of the past.

He coughed lightly and said, "Han Yi proposed to put the Sixth School of the Sage in the Department of the Department. I also think this is beneficial to the country. Therefore, I plan to build the Sixth Academy based on the Sixth School of the Sage to recruit talents in this area specifically for the court." As he said that, he looked at Han Yi again and said, "Han Yi, since this was proposed, I will let you be the president of these Sixth Academy."

He also didn't understand the Six Sages of the Sage. In the world, only Han Yi understood it, so he could only be the chief dean.

Xu Jingzong and the others did not object. In these six studies, none of them was linked to power. The president probably shouted, and it was useless and would be abandoned sooner or later.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Han Yi was happy and said, "Your Majesty, I want to find someone to be the deputy director."

"Who?"

"Shi Ling."

"Li Chunfeng?"

“That’s right.”
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