Usually, the fortress collapses first from the inside, and Ye Hua believes in this, and Li Si is a treasure trained by Feng Dao and left to Ye Hua.

The first time this person took action, it was earth-shaking!

Li Si stood in front of Ye Hua and Chai Rong as a commoner, talking freely. The arrogance in his blood made him not afraid of Chai Rong, the emperor. You are just occupying the Central Plains now. My ancestors are the noble Khan of Heaven!

Li Si was proud of the Tang Dynasty, but he knew better than anyone else what the disadvantages of the Tang Dynasty were.

He wanted to explain to Chai Rong and Ye Hua the key to the imperial examination, and the Tang Dynasty was a time that could not be avoided... The Sui Dynasty was the first to invent the imperial examination. The purpose of electing officials through the imperial examination was very simple, which was to break the nine-rank Zhongzheng system and break the control of the aristocratic families over the bureaucratic system.

After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty continued to adhere to this strategy.

Especially in the early Tang Dynasty, Li Er spared no effort to attack the aristocratic families, suppress the status of the aristocratic families, play the role of the imperial examination, and vigorously promote poor families.

Li Er even sighed that the world's talents were in my vessle!

To be honest, Li Er's efforts were successful. Next, his son, daughter-in-law, and two generations of emperors continued to suppress the gentry. If he could persist, the so-called five surnames and seven sects might disappear early.

However, the problem lies in the fact that after the Anshi Rebellion, the authority of the Tang Empire certainly did not exist, and we had to re-establish the center and change the course. If the royal family was not strong enough, we had to win over help and use other forces.

Therefore, the aristocratic families have once again ushered in the opportunity for development.

At this time, the aristocratic family also made adjustments.

The original aristocratic families looked down on the imperial examinations and disdained to compete with poor families.

However, after the Anshi Rebellion, the aristocratic families put down their status and entered the imperial examination, and successfully mastered the imperial examination, becoming the biggest winner... For example, the Zheng family in Xingyang was difficult to find a prime minister in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Since the middle Tang Dynasty, more than a dozen prime ministers and important officials have appeared in succession, so the saying "Zheng Ban Dynasty" was said.

For example, the Cui family in Qinghe had a Tang Dynasty. There were 10 people in the south ancestral house, Qinghe big house, Qinghe small house, Qingzhou house, and Qingzhou house. There were only 2 people who served as prime ministers in the "Anshi Rebellion". After the incident, 8 people became prime ministers one after another.

For example, the Lu family in Fanyang was in the Tang Dynasty, especially since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and more than 100 people passed the imperial examination. This number is amazing. You should know that the imperial examination in the imperial examination was the most difficult, and the number of admissions was small. It was incredible that Lu family had such a score!

As children of aristocratic families, they are proud of their achievements and are complacent, bragging everywhere, saying that their family style is pure and knowledgeable. After thousands of years of accumulation, their literary talent is far from comparable to those of poor families.

This kind of argument is just to deceive outsiders.

The direct reason why aristocratic families can achieve such impressive results is that they have adapted to master the rules of the imperial examination!

Among all the imperial examinations, the Jinshi exam is the most important, while the Jinshi exam is based on strategy and a single article determines destiny.

Anyone with a little education understands that articles are very subjective.

Some people prefer spicy food, some prefer subtlety, some people think they need to be vast and unrestrained, and some people think they need to be gurgling... The same article will also receive different ratings from different examiners.

Ye Hua remembered that in his previous life, whether it was the high school entrance examination or the college entrance examination, the teacher repeatedly reminded the students that they should write essays that were easy to score.

The same is true when placed in the imperial examination venue, and even more important!

First of all, the handwriting should be beautiful.

Secondly, your literary talent must be soaring.

Again, reasoning is reasonable and people cannot find faults.

Also, you must grasp the examiner's preferences and write articles that the examiner likes...

There are many officials in the aristocratic families, and even the chief examiner is from the aristocratic families. They have strong financial resources, can master public opinion, and guide literary style... They have so many advantages that as long as they are not pigs, they have the chance to pass the exam.

What's more, these above are all upright means, other cheating, taking the exam,... none of them have been taken out!

The so-called children from aristocratic families are just like rich people entering famous schools. Ordinary people may not be able to do things in their lifetimes, but they just wave their hands!

Of course, everything has its pros and cons.

If you just cater to the examiner and take advantage of the opportunity, the articles you write must be empty and boring and meaningless. Although you can pass the imperial examination, you cannot impress His Majesty, who is eager to be enterprising.

On the contrary, Chai Rong was furious. The court spent a lot of money to recruit scholars every four years, and ended up selecting a bunch of waste! Isn’t this a waste of resources?

If they are officials, they will only form cliques for personal gain, greedy for personal gain, and harm the people. What is the use of such an official?

"These four wastes will be immediately removed from their reputation as a Jinshi, removed from their official position, and wait for their defeat!"

With one decree, all four people led by Li Qin will stay.

Only the Feng brothers were left here. The two of them did not participate in the imperial examinations and became an official with their kindness. Ye Hua pulled the two of them to accompany them, in order to give them a blow.

In fact, the Feng brothers were indeed shocked. The two of them knelt on the ground, trembling all over and trembled.

Chai Rong was furious, "Although you two did not participate in the imperial examination, the things you wrote were the same as chewing wax and were empty of preaching. You didn't even learn anything about Taishi Feng, and you were a son of man!"

After being scolded, the two brothers were left to kowtow and apologize.

Chai Rong slowed down and said, "You are not useless either. At least this calligraphy is good, much better than those four things... You should stay in the Hanlin Academy first and draft an imperial edict for me. Remember, you should learn more from Lingzun in the future and read the book alive."

This is just looking at Feng Dao's face. Of course, Ye Hua's role is not small. Only when the two of them were lucky enough to be dismissed from disguise, they not only were not dismissed from office, but also became close ministers of the emperor. Feng Ping and Feng Ji retreated aside obediently and secretly wiped their sweat.

Now there are only three people left Chai Rong, Ye Hua and Li Si.

Chai Rong said angrily: "Officials from aristocratic families sent their children into the officialdom by controlling the imperial examination. The imperial court's talent ritual has become a tool for them to privately teach them! These people are unusable, and others may not be able to do so. I, I want to abolish the imperial examination!"

"No!"

Ye Hua hurriedly stopped him.

If you want to talk about the drawbacks of the imperial examination system, it is hard to explain clearly.

But if the imperial examination is abolished, we must come up with a replacement method, right?

Ye Hua asked himself that even after more than a thousand years, so many smart people in so many countries still continue the tradition of the imperial examination and use examinations to select officials. Just like the college entrance examination, countless people scolded them, but if the college entrance examination is abolished, there will be no fairer and more reasonable methods.

If you don’t speak based on your grades, can you rely on your bloodline or money?

Obviously, nothing works!

"Your Majesty, the imperial examinations cannot be abolished, they should only be adjusted."

"How to adjust?" Chai Rong said: "Now the children of aristocratic families account for more than 60% of the imperial examination. Do I want to issue an imperial edict to prevent the children of aristocratic families from participating in the exam?"

Ye Hua said: "Your Majesty, I think the examination content should be adjusted, and the number of admissions should be increased!"

Chai Rong accepted the first improvement easily. The content must be changed. He no longer wants to see empty and boring things. However, increasing the number of admissions made him puzzled.

"Ye Qing, did you say the opposite? The more people admitted, wouldn't it allow more children from aristocratic families to enter the officialdom? They form cliques and control the government, how can you let me deal with it?"

Ye Hua shook his head, "Your Majesty, I think the situation will be completely different after increasing the admission rate."

Chai Rong still doesn't believe it.

At this time, Li Si suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please say a few words to Rong Caomin. What the champion Hou said actually makes sense!"

Chai Rong snorted, "You and him are both disciples, so of course you are talking to him!"

Li Si did not dare to retaliate, but said, "Your Majesty, the teacher who never forgets the past and the next thing is actually the number of people admitted to the imperial examination has been increasing since the Middle Tang Dynasty."

"Oh? What's the result? Didn't you say that the aristocratic families have reappeared with the imperial examination?"

"The remarks, Your Majesty, what the people said, are only one aspect of the matter, and another aspect."

"speak!"

"It is like this. More and more children from aristocratic families are taking the path of imperial examinations, which makes the status of imperial examinations more respected and become the right way to enter the officialdom. Other methods are biased. Gradually, the Jinshi became a representative of their identity, and the great families of aristocratic families have respected their bloodlines, but they are no longer recognized by people."

Li Si smiled and said, "In the aristocratic families, some people have seen this. For example, the prime minister Zhaojun Li Deyu and Zheng Tan of Xingyang who entered the government with Yin, supported Enyin and opposed the imperial examination. Li Deyu was ashamed to join the countryside with the students, and did not like imperial examinations, especially the Jinshi. Zheng Tan of Xingyang even suggested abolishing the Jinshi system. However, these people were unable to make up for the heavens, and the decline of the five surnames and seven sects was not just due to the massacre of Zhu Wen. In fact, the wealthy families at that time were far from comparable to those in the early Tang Dynasty."

Ye Hua was amazed at Li Si's vision, and he concluded: "Your Majesty, expanding the scope of admission to the imperial examination is to replace wealthy families with poor families! Replacing the high-ranking clan with small and medium-sized scholars! Doing so will be beneficial to the court."
Chapter completed!