Letting the great waves outside, Zhou Zheng busy himself with his affairs.
In the temporary'Gongyuan' in Beijing, Zhou Zheng, Li Juesi, and Sun Chuanting, guarded by a group of people, are inspecting various examination rooms.
Li Juesi looked very cautious and said: "Zheng Xibo, according to your requirements, the examination room is transparent. The time is two hours a day, for a total of three days. From the registered list, the total number is 7,240. Seventeen people."
Sun Chuanting answered: "Among them, there are 21,000 people in the north and the rest in the south. There are 2,000 retesters, and the rest are candidates. There are more than 3,000 in the age of 30 and less than 800. According to the north, the north is six. According to the principle of four, roughly 420 people will be admitted this year, and talented, the South will be close to 300..."
Zhou Zheng listened quietly with his hands behind his back.
Daming’s imperial examinations took on the southern side of the country for a long time. If it weren’t for the admission rules of'South, Six and North, Four', there would be almost no place for northerners to stand in the hall!
Li Juesi looked around and continued: "According to Zheng Xibo's request, the policy question is about Shang Yang and Wang Anshi's gains and losses in the reform. The original number of words was between 300 and 700. This time there is no limit. The question is: It is jointly produced by the official department and the ritual department, and there is no possibility of leakage. Please rest assured that Zheng Xibo."
The leak of test questions is in full swing in Beijing. I don't know how many people are busy buying test papers, and there are constant criticisms from the government and the opposition.
In Shuntian Mansion, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs continued to investigate, but nothing could be found. It was nothing more than someone took the opportunity to cheat.
Zhou Zheng glanced at him and said lightly: "I can see clearly, I won't take the opportunity to attack the dissident, don't worry."
How dare Li Juesi smile, and said: "Yes, the officials have always admired Zheng Xibo, so I would never think so. I and the ten Hanlin members of the Hanlin Academy will jointly review the papers. It is expected that the results will be available in five days. , Will be presented to the cabinet at that time, please Yuansuke and Zheng Xibo to read it."
Zhou Zheng walked slowly in the exam corridor and said, "I heard that you already have a plan in your heart? How do you plan to enroll? A large number of places are given to those who revert to the society and oppose the reform?"
Li Juesi looked abruptly serious, and said in a solemn voice: "Zheng Xibo is relieved. Changing the law to be strong is the top priority of the current state. I definitely won't give any chance to take advantage of it! Lower officials and others will be admitted fairly and justly, blocking it. The mouth of the world!"
Zhou Zheng naturally didn't believe him, saying: "Before someone outside said that I would be Dong Zhuo, and later they said I would be Wang Mang, and later, they said that I would be Cao Cao, all thinking that there would be an 18th prince to discuss Zhou. Want to use their power to give me a ride?"
Li Juesi was cold, and immediately said: "This is Xiao Xiaoyan, Yuan Fu and the court believe in Zheng Xibo, don't think too much about Zheng Xibo!"
Li Juesi was really scared, and quickly said: "If Zheng Xibo wants to be Wang Mang or Dong Zhuo, he can do it easily before. Anyone with a discerning eye can see Zheng Xibo's loyalty to Daming, and he also knows Zheng Xibo's loyalty to Sheji. You’re worried, please don’t think about it."
Zhou Zheng waved his hand and said, "I don't care how you enroll. I have to look at the test papers. If there are any remaining beads, I will break the rules."
The so-called "exception" is to draw out test papers and re-ranking.
Li Juesi was not worried, and said: "Zheng Xibo has this power, and he will also act cautiously when he is in office."
Zhou Zheng nodded and said: "The Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the joint invigilator. Any fraud will be eliminated and severely punished forever."
Li Juesi raised his hand to respond. He was only expelled before. This heavy punishment is afraid that the family will be implicated.
After strolling around, Zhou Zheng stopped at a small door, thinking about it: "Let’s talk a little off topic. The rules of this imperial examination have to change. Some people will take the exam for a lifetime. , Lost the original intention of the imperial examination. In the vast world, being an official cannot be the only way out, and you can't blindly belittle the way other than scholars, what do you think?"
Li Juesi noticed that there was something in Zhou Zheng's words, and said cautiously: "Zheng Xibo's words are reasonable, but scholars, farmers, and business are the rules of a thousand years."
Zhou Zheng knew that it would be difficult to change the sentence, "Everything is inferior, but only a high school student." He carried his hands on his back and said: "Continuous re-examinations, year after year, and limited places. This is very unfair to latecomers. In this way, I suggest that there should be only two re-examinations, the age should not be 30, and the alternate official position should have an internship period of more than half a year..."
Li Juesi listened with limited hesitation, and said: "Zheng Xibo, this is a major matter, and we have to discuss it again."
If this rule is released, the reintegration must be exploded, and the reintegration is the person who retests the imperial examination. If the retest can only be done twice, retesting is prohibited under the age of 30. The thousands of people who revert to the community may be overthrown. Cabinet compound!
Li Juesi looked at Zhou Zheng's back, guessing that Zhou was deliberately targeting Fushe, and he became more cautious in his heart.
Naturally, Zhou Zheng would not really aim at the resumption of the society. The small resumption of the society did not require him to spend his thoughts and calculations.
Zhou Zheng stepped forward and said, "You all put it together, and then write a report on the reform of the imperial examination to the cabinet. Let's take a look."
Li Juesi quickly responded and accompanied Zhou Zheng to continue his inspection of the examination room.
After leaving the examination room, Li Juesi left, and Sun Chuanting said: "My lord, if you want to reform the imperial examination, you have to use some effort."
Today’s court officials are all those with vested interests in the existing imperial examinations, and have inextricable connections with Fushe or the world’s scholars. Really agreeing with Zhou Zheng’s idea is tantamount to'cutting off' a considerable number of people’s official careers. Can easily agree
Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "I have come to think of a way. By the way, have you found any available talents?"
Sun Chuanting followed Zhou Zheng's side and said: "We have met some of those who have not been imperial examinations. Through various channels, we have seen some people. It is true that many people have some ideas, but after all, they have not been imperial examinations and have not done anything. You have to observe them. But many are working. A series of county magistrates, Xian Cheng, Fu Cheng, no longer in the position of chief official, the subordinates, etc. see that many people can do things..."
Zhou Zheng nodded. There is nothing wrong with Sun Chuanting and others who tend to have demonstrated their abilities, and said: "Excavating the existing ones should indeed be our current main direction. Reserve follow-up talents are also the focus, and we must not relax. In the second half of the year, we will do a lot of work. Transplant the place, bravely promote low-ranking, especially young people, conservative and old-fashioned and can't use things, there is no need to keep the corpse position vegetarian meal..."
Sun Chuanting responded, saying, "The staff department has very close contact with the governors and governors of the provinces, and they have also submitted a lot of lists. The staff department cannot evaluate them one by one. They will pass first, and slowly delete them. There are too many things that can’t be done overnight... "
Zhou Zheng and the two were walking slowly on the street, having a'chatter' about current affairs. (End of this chapter)