As soon as he returned to the court, he entered the territory of Chengdu Prefecture and heard about the imperial examination reform. Zhao Zhen was really surprised. Zhao Xu had posted several articles to discuss this matter with him. In his opinion, the foundation for the imperial examination reform has been formed and the conditions have been met. It is time for the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty to change.

Zhao Zhen was still a little conservative at the beginning. After all, he spent too much effort on culture and education. Not only did he change the academic environment of the Song Dynasty, but his inherent ideas also impacted. People are developing towards an increasingly independent way of thinking.

At the same time, Confucianism began to gradually become corrupt, and people are increasingly fond of questioning Confucianism. Although there are both good and bad, they are essentially because people are not so strongly superstitious and authoritative.

Is there nothing wrong with the so-called saint's words? This is the most powerful question in people's hearts. It is a good thing to dare to question, and it is also a powerful tool for constantly promoting who will make progress and ideological progress.

Reforming the imperial examination is undoubtedly the brightest gem in the crown of science, but it is also extremely difficult. This is why Zhao Zhen gradually reformed the imperial examination since the beginning of academic reform.

The talent foundation of the Song Dynasty during the imperial examination system was also an important part of the people of the Song Dynasty's success through the "class barrier", which can be said to be related to the welfare of the people.

The Han people are simple when they think, and they may not have a future, but their descendants must have a future. It is the long-cherished wish of every parent. They hope that their children can break the barrier and enter a bright future.

But similarly, it is not easy to break the barrier. The imperial examination is one of the few ways. Although there are many advances in the Song Dynasty, and the way to change from an ordinary person to a "successful person" is no longer the imperial examination, no matter what, the imperial examination is still the path that the people of the Song Dynasty value the most.

How many students were there in the Song Dynasty? Zhao Zhen was not sure that even the Ministry of Rites did not have accurate data. Because of the opening up of culture and the increase in basic education, almost all the people of the Song Dynasty could receive education, and they also had the ability to read and write.

As long as the people of the Song Dynasty could read and read, they had the right to participate in the imperial examination. There was no age restriction. Some old scholars had been taking the imperial examination all their lives, Zhao Zhen felt a little sorry for them, and specially issued an order to give them a background.

Although this is a kind of pity and unfairness, it is also a kind of respect for the persistent spirit of pursuing literary and moral principles.

This is how the Han Dynasty was. It had a strong sense of hierarchy, and it also had a sense of compassion and compassion. The qualities that humans could find could be found in the Han Dynasty.

Now, Zhao Xu has done something that Zhao Zhen did not do, which to a certain extent surpassed Zhao Zhen's father. Zhao Zhen was not angry, or even extremely happy.

If Zhao Xu surpassed the power and did what the prince shouldn't do, Zhao Zhen wouldn't be angry at all, because he once said to Zhao Xu: "I don't want you to be a king like me. You have to do better and better than me. This is what my son should do."

That's what Zhao Xu did now. He made drastic reforms to the imperial examinations, abolished many imperial examinations such as the Jinshi, Mingjing, and Mingfa, and only established the civil and Taoist ranks, military vocational ranks, and the study of the fields, and set up the leader of the three subjects.

It truly changed the fundamental system of the imperial examination, and his vision of judging the situation was what Zhao Zhen admired the most.

Even Cai Boyi was amazed and said: "It is a perfect opportunity for the prince to do this. The official has raised the status of civil, military, and studying things to the same level. It is just right for the prince to change the imperial examination at this time."

Anyone who is praised by others will be happy. Zhao Zhen looked at Cai Boyi and smiled and said, "You are changing quickly in this way. Are you starting to say good things now?"

Cai Boqi hurriedly said: "I am just talking about things. The prince is known for his stability. Such a method really caught those stubborn people off guard!"

Zhao Zhen nodded and sighed: "Yes! I never thought that Xu'er had such a means. She was very sharp. Most people would never think that the steady prince would make such drastic reforms in the imperial examination, which concerns the national economy and people's livelihood. This is better, but I will share my worries."

"Sharing worries for the king and father is the work of the son and the ministers. The prince knows the general and understands the happiness of the official family, which is the work of the real filial son! The official family should be happy."

Cai Boqi knew Zhao Zhen’s thoughts. He had been a minister of his own for many years. He could guess most of Zhao Zhen’s thoughts, and the cooperation between the king and the minister has not been once or twice.

Zhao Zhen also knew Cai Boyi’s idea that the imperial examination was of great importance and had to be careful. Since Zhao Xu had reformed, Cai Boyi must support it. After all, he was also supporting Zhao Xu’s approach, and there was nothing wrong with it.

The political situation in the Song Dynasty was still good for the time being. Nothing happened to the party and the party was fighting against the differences, nor did it form a party for personal gain. All of this was attributed to the perfect inspection system.

This year's Supervisory Office is quite good, and they are all young talents selected from the rising stars, especially young people with a strong patriotism. This is the first rule of the Supervisory Office and an unshakable existence. If anyone violates this rule at the time, the consequences will not only be as simple as being dismissed from office, but also being punished.

A mature supervision system is very important to the court. Preventing corruption and cross-border rights is something that later generations are constantly pursuing. Zhao Zhen knows very well how much damage a dynasty's corruption will harm it.

Preventing the problem and preventing the gradual progress is a gradual process, which is that under the skin and filling of the "beggar emperor" in later generations, corruption and autocracy have not been eliminated, and even become more and more serious.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen never thought of letting corruption disappear from the Song Dynasty immediately. This is simply impossible and unrealistic. The only way is to increase the cost of corruption, strengthen the supervision mechanism, so that corruption is difficult to breed in the court, or be quickly discovered to receive the punishment it deserves.

Zhao Zhen’s approach is to improve the legal system, strengthen supervision, and then let corrupt officials and neglect their duties be punished unbearable and make the world despise the unrest. This is what Zhao Zhen does.

Of course, such methods inevitably make the court officials criticized. After all, colleagues and scholars were also officials, and it was a pity that they were hit by a catastrophe. Not to mention the opportunity to make a comeback, there was no chance to be a human being.

However, Zhao Zhen's actions were "satisfied" by the world. The officials of corrupt officials should make them unable to be human beings. The people of the Song Dynasty would not sympathize with them, but they hated them much deeper.

Now, no one dares to openly or secretly greedy in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. The people of the Supervision Bureau have almost surpassed the Censorate. Once they are targeted by them, it will be over.
Chapter completed!