Chapter 437: The debate in Ganyang Palace

After taking over the Southern Kingdom, Deng State added two new roads and eight counties, and they immediately needed two governors and ten prefects. Deng Sheng directly handed over the selection of officials to the ministers and asked them to choose, and finally he would make the decision.

After a fierce debate, the three provinces and six ministries and the chief officials of the Censorate unanimously decided that the prefect of Yuzhang Yang Shiqi and Yingchuan Prefect Xun Yu should be appointed as the governor of the new two departments, and the transfer to the prefect of Shangyong Prefect Yu Yunwen to Yingchuan County as the prefect. However, the forces of the remaining prefects of the ten counties had their own considerations and were unable to make up their minds for a while. In the end, the Censorate Bao Zheng, the Censor of the Censorate, came up with the idea to select the national selection. In addition to selecting the prefects of the ten counties, this time the selection also required the selection of the subordinates of each county and the magistrate of each county. This was not a trivial matter, and it was very involved. In the end, everyone was unsure of the idea, so they reported the matter to Deng Sheng and asked Deng Sheng to make a decision.

When Deng Sheng first heard about this, he was a little hesitant. The method proposed by Bao Zheng can be said to be the prototype of the imperial examination system in later generations. Although the imperial examination system has half of its reputation in later generations, it has many advantages as a selection system that has lasted for thousands of years in Chinese history. At least, it is very suitable for use in the present.

Deng Sheng actually had the idea of ​​the imperial examination system very early, but Deng Sheng finally put it aside in view of the various considerations of the current situation. Now, after Deng Sheng exchanged printing and papermaking techniques from the system, ordinary people and poor children had more opportunities to get in touch with books, and many knowledgeable people have emerged among the poor families. Although they are unable to compete with the nobles for the time being, this is also a good start. The imperial examination system seems to be time.

Bao Zheng and his friends proposed this solution at the beginning, but they had no idea of ​​such a long-term situation, and there was still a lot of resistance to this matter. They also had a lot of concern in their hearts. Originally, they were just worried that this matter would be opposed by the nobles, but now Deng Sheng actually wanted to define this method as a permanent example, which would not work.

Chen Qun, who came from a noble family, jumped out to object and said, "King, I think this matter is absolutely impossible. The people are ignorant. Even if they have some talent, they have limited knowledge. If they enter the court and place, they may harm the people, and it is not beautiful. Please think twice!"

It is true that the nobles are loyal to Deng Guo and Deng Sheng, but it does not mean that they are willing to contribute their long-term advantages to Deng Guo and Deng Sheng. Therefore, Chen Qun strongly opposed the implementation of the imperial examination system.

However, if someone opposes it, someone will support it. Su Hong, who came from a poor family, was the first to jump out and support it: "King, Shangshu Chen's words are wrong. Whether it is a noble or an ordinary person, they are all the people of my great Deng. They should be treated equally. Moreover, there are talents in the poor families who can stabilize the country and ensure the stability of the country. If we want to dominate the world, unify the world, we should accept all rivers, pay attention to the talents of the world. No matter whether the nobles or poor families, we should use them with equal talent, which is the right way!"

"King, I think what Shangshu Su said is very much. I, the Great Deng, have always been a talented person. I, never distinguished from nobles and poor families. In the court, there are both nobles and talented people in poor families. This is the right way for Deng to maintain long-term stability and create a foundation for a thousand years!" Bao Zheng, who proposed this idea, was happy to see that this matter was achieved. He proposed this method in the hope that one day the gap between the nobles and poor families would be able to change. Now that Deng Sheng took the initiative, how could he object?

The two sides quarreled in the Ganyang Palace. The former solemn and solemn Ganyang Palace suddenly turned into a vegetable market, noisy and quarreling, a group of important officials of the court who were usually high above the court now has now become a verbal fighter. You fight me and I fight you, it's so lively.

"Okay, stop arguing. They are all important officials on the side. What kind of quarrel is the norm?" In the end, Deng Sheng finally couldn't see it and directly stopped everyone's quarrel. When everyone saw Deng Sheng getting angry, they all stopped and apologized to Deng Sheng!

Deng Sheng ignored them, but looked at Cui Hao, Jiang Wan, Zhang Bin and others who had not spoken, and asked them: "Cui Qing, Jiang Qing, Zhang Qing, I wonder what you think of this?"

Cui Hao, Jiang Wan and Zhang Bin all have their own ideas. Jiang Wan was born into a noble family, so of course he didn't want to see the days when the nobles were the only ones who were the only ones. However, as the Minister of the current dynasty, what he wanted to think about was how to make Deng's country strong and lasting forever, so he was very confused. Zhang Bin also supported the imperial examination system very much. He believed that once the imperial examination system was released, it would definitely attract a large number of poor talents. Not only Deng, but even the poor students of Qin and Zhao flocked to Deng. In this way, it would be impossible for Deng's country not to be strong.

Cui Hao is also ambiguous. Cui Hao was born into a noble family, but his family was actually no different from a poor family at the beginning. If it weren't for the emergence of Empress Dowager Cui, and Deng Sheng, the grandson of the Cui family, as he was on the throne of Deng State, it would be impossible for the Cui family to make a comeback, not to mention that Cui Hao can be the head of the Secretariat of the Three Prime Ministers, so he is not excluded from the imperial examination system. But then again, the Cui family has made a fortune after all, and there are many children in the family waiting to enter the officialdom. If the imperial examination system is launched, the difficulty of the Cui family's children entering the officialdom will increase greatly. This is something Cui Hao doesn't want to see, so he does not advocate it.

Facing Deng Sheng's question, Cui Hao stepped out and said: "King, the implementation of the imperial examination system is indeed beneficial to the long-term development of our great Deng, but I think it is not suitable for the moment. Although we have papermaking and printing techniques, the knowledge of ordinary people has increased greatly, but after all, the days are still short and the results have not yet reached their ideals. Moreover, the quality of poor students is uneven. If they really enter the court as an official, it may be difficult to benefit the people. Moreover, if the nobles have controlled the officialdom for a long time, if they change rashly, it may cause riots. Now, our great Deng is officially at a critical moment, so there must be no slight turmoil!"

Cui Hao did not explicitly oppose the imperial examination system because he knew that since Deng Sheng had this idea, it would be only a matter of time before he took action. What's more, the existence of the imperial examination system is indeed beneficial to Deng's talent reserves and has an extraordinary impact on the future development of Deng's country. However, Cui Hao believed that although the cultural level of the people has improved, it has not yet reached expectations, and it is not appropriate to implement the imperial examination system rashly.

After listening to everyone's opinions, Deng Sheng fell into deep thought, which was also a problem he had always worried about. The other Deng Sheng was not worried. The only thing he was worried about was the opposition of the nobles. Although Deng Sheng had been deliberately or unintentionally weakening the strength of the nobles over the years, the nobles stood for hundreds of years without falling, and their foundation could not be solved overnight? Which one of the nobles in Wancheng, Yingchuan, Jiangdong, Jingnan, etc. is easy to mess with? If you are not careful, it may cause turmoil.

Over the years, Deng Sheng can be said to have completely controlled Deng State. Although the current implementation of the imperial examination system is likely to cause turmoil, for Deng Sheng, who has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, this is just a disease of tinea scabies, and it has nothing to do with itch. The only thing worth worrying about is that this may affect the process of Deng State unifying the world.

Deng Sheng is over forty this year. In this era when his average life expectancy is less than fifty, Deng Sheng can be said to have lived most of his life. Although Deng Sheng's soul comes from later generations, he has always attached great importance to his health over the years and has never had any major problems. However, when manpower is exhausted, Deng Sheng does not guarantee how long he can live. His biggest wish now is to be able to live to see the unification of the world. All this wish has failed due to the imperial examination system. This is not what Deng Sheng is willing to see.
Chapter completed!