Chapter 2814 2816 [Enke Recruits Scholars]

Author: Ji Mobai

Chapter 2814 2816 [Enke Recruits Scholars]

Once the Enko reform system was launched, all the noble families, clans, high ministers and one party knew that they were in trouble.

Unified examination, sealing, transcription, palace examination... every link has been greatly compressed and restricted their privileges.

As a result, their children will be forced to take exams with common people students.

After all, the children of noble families, nobles, and high-ranking ministers are in the minority, and many of them are idle disciples. Once the imperial examination reveals true talent and learning, they will be finished.

As a result, they will not be able to be officials and will have no power in their hands. At that time, if they want to monopolize power and dominate, it will be empty talk.

So naturally they strongly opposed it.

However, today is different from the past.

Nowadays, the treasury of the Feng Dynasty is full, the goods and the people are abundant, and there are no powerful enemies to disturb the borders. This is the time when the national power is at its peak.

Li Shu destroyed Dan Chi and expanded his territory, which was a rare feat in history and won him the respect of thousands of people.

Therefore, today's royal family of the Feng Dynasty has strength and popular support. Even if the clans, nobles, and high-ranking ministers want to oppose it, Li Zhen has the ability to suppress them all.

Besides, Li Hao is now using the [sausage slicing tactic].

He just reformed the imperial examination. He did not go to war with these powerful people, the high ministers and the party, nor did he want to clean up their people in large batches.

Therefore, their will for a decisive battle was not strong, and they did not want to fall out with the Toyochao royal family just yet. Therefore, after Shangzhe objected for a while, but was forcefully suppressed by Emperor Li Hao, they had no choice but to surrender.

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Enke officially started in the autumn of 2006 in Tiantong.

The original imperial examination was only divided into rural examinations and joint examinations. The rural examinations were held in various prefectures, while the joint examinations were held in the capital.

Nowadays, Enke has added a children's examination. Only after passing the county examination can one be qualified to be called a child. A child student passes the township examination and becomes a scholar; a scholar passes the national examination and becomes a scholar; a scholar passes the palace examination and becomes a Jinshi.

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After rounds of auditions, when it came time for the general examination, thousands of talents from all over the country had gathered in the capital. And their files were placed in front of Li Hao early.

Their place of origin, background, teachers, relatives and friends, works, etc., the information is also quite detailed.

Li Shi's purpose in selecting scholars through the imperial examination was to suppress the elites, high-ranking ministers, and cliques. Therefore, the selected talents must naturally eliminate the cliques, high-ranking ministers, and cliques, and try to select people from poor families.

Because the poor men had no foundation or party members in the court, they were loyal to the emperor and willing to be used by him.

"Yin'er, your idea is really good." Li Zuo looked at the information and said to Xiang Nan with a smile.

After listening to Xiang Nan's reform opinions, 60% of the talents selected for this examination were from the common people.

Unlike the previous examinations to obtain scholars, 90% of them were from powerful families and high-ranking ministers. The successful examinations to obtain scholars were like being divided into pigs.

"It is my honor to be able to relieve my father's worries." Xiang Nan bowed and smiled.

Subsequently, after the joint examination and the palace examination, Li Zuo recruited nearly 300 people, of which more than 70% were from common people and only 30% were from nobles and officials.

The children of the common people were assigned to various positions, such as walking, serving, and taking charge of the six ministries; local officials, magistrates, county magistrates, and county magistrates...

As for the nobles and officials' children, they were assigned to departments such as Hongwen Hall, Taichang Temple, and Imperial College. It sounded like they were staying in the capital and serving as the emperor's closest servants, so they were noble and noble, but in fact they were put in high cabinets and kept at a respectful distance.

Through this method, Li Zhen gradually replaced the clan members and cronies with the children of the common people, further consolidating his rule.

Although this will take a long time, it will not cause major turmoil and will not harm the country.

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Li Zhen passed the imperial examination and used the children of the common people to replace the children of the gentry step by step.

This is a top-down approach.

Xiang Nan introduced agricultural tools such as the curved shaft plow and the deep plow to facilitate agricultural production.

The economic foundation that the noble clans relied on was the manor economy. They annexed land on a large scale, raised tenant farmers, farmed, grazed, weaved, brewed, etc. in the manor. They were completely self-sufficient in production and life, just like a small court.

Because they have strong financial resources, they often have private armed forces. There may be thousands or hundreds of people, and together they are a quite powerful force.

When productivity is underdeveloped, the manor economy does have its advantages. First, it can concentrate human, financial and material resources. As the saying goes, "concentrate strength to do big things", it has a higher ability to resist risks.

Secondly, in times of trouble, the manor also provided a place for ordinary people to stay.

During the Three Kingdoms, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the situation was turbulent and conquests continued. However, those noble families and nobles could rely on their influence to avoid the invasion of their manors by war, so they attracted a large number of refugees to join them.

Nowadays, Xiang Nan has introduced agricultural tools such as the curved shaft plow and deep plow, which has promoted the development of agricultural productivity, improved the production efficiency of homesteaders and small landowners of the common people, and broken the advantages of the gentry's manor economy.

And without the political advantage and the economic advantage, the rate of collapse of the gentry will naturally be greatly accelerated.

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I came to Tiantong twenty-seven years ago.

Xiang Nan placed a golden clock in front of Li Su.

"Father, please look~" he said with a smile.

"What is this?" Li Zuo looked at this gorgeous clock and asked doubtfully.

"This is a clock." Xiang Nan explained, "It can accurately display the time. For example, it is nine-thirty now, which is the sixth quarter of the hour."

Ancient timekeeping relied on sundial, moondial, and hour markers to calculate time, so it was not very accurate. In the 13th century, England produced the first mechanical clock.

Xiang Nan learned how to make clocks from Western craftsmen in the world of "Sword Rain". Originally, he just wanted to learn more skills, but now he has put them to great use.

When Li Hao saw this clock, he couldn't help but be very surprised, "Yin'er, is the time really so accurate?"

Xiang Nan nodded, "The daily error will not exceed one minute."

"Oh, it's so exquisite." Li Hao exclaimed.

The error of timing tools such as sundial, moondial, and chronograph is usually about a quarter of an hour. Fortunately, the ancients lived at a slow pace, so a difference of ten or eight minutes was nothing.

Subsequently, after a week of testing, Xiang Nan's clock was recognized by everyone for its accuracy. Therefore, it replaced the sundial, moondial, engraved clock, etc., and became the only timekeeping tool in the palace.

What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom.

Therefore, the divine object of clocks quickly became popular in Beijing, and everyone yearned for it without knowing what it was.

At this time, Tiangongfang promptly launched twelve golden clocks for auction.

This move was immediately sought after by wealthy families, princes and ministers. They did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy these gorgeous and practical clocks home.

In the end, one clock was sold for 50,000 guan, and its cost was less than 500 guan. It was so expensive because of its technology. Xiang Nan also made a lot of money.

Later, clocks became Tiangongfang's flagship product, and demand simply exceeded supply.

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Chapter completed!