Knowing that Ming Guo was about to introduce the chapter "Xunzi" in the imperial examination, Tang Situi's first reaction was very realistic.

"Is no one in the Northern Dynasty opposed it?"

Tang Situi's big eyes were filled with big doubts, and the light of doubt in his eyes seemed to cover the entire ancient and modern times.

Xin Qiji did not have such doubts.

"Yes, there were many opposing people at that time, and there were quite a lot of opinions, but there were more supporters, so I passed it."

Xin Qiji thought that the small political storm that had probably subsided too quickly, so it was not known to the Song people, so they didn't know that anyone was willing to be a martyr for this change and did a foolish thing like a mantissue to be a mantis chariot.

So they naturally would not know how Su Yonglin had decisively solved those opponents and implemented new changes.

Tang Situi didn't know the inside story, and felt that Xin Qiji's words were light, "There are many people who object, but there are more people who support it, so he passed it] It was really shocking.

If such a thing happened in the Southern Song Dynasty, Tang Situi could even imagine what the quarrel would be like within the Southern Song Dynasty. Maybe they would fight each other when the quarrels were arguing, and even if they were not done properly, they would have to die.

What a joke, can Xunzi's rebellious remarks be included in the scope of the imperial examination?

Tang Situi never studied Xunzi in depth, but he read a lot of books and had some understanding of Xunzi's remarks. He knew how controversial Xunzi's remarks were.

But in the Ming Empire, just a simple sentence put this book into the scope of the imperial examination?

What's wrong with this world?

What happened to the Ming Empire?

Their imperial examination... is really an imperial examination. Can they really select outstanding talents?

Tang Si swallowed.

"I have also been a little bit involved in Xunzi's remarks, which are somewhat different from the classics of the saints. If the imperial examination is introduced for assessment, I am afraid..."

"It's okay, no one cares about it. Now I have passed it completely. And compared to liberal arts, our Ming Dynasty is actually more concerned about science, law and engineering exams."

Xin Qiji smiled and said, "I told the Emperor that although the classics of saints are good, my predecessors have studied them for thousands of years and have long studied them thoroughly. There will be no gains in continuing to study them. So instead of studying them for a long time, what is more important is the examinations of science, law and engineering."

Tang Situi was thundered again.

Emperor Su Yonglin of the Ming Dynasty actually said that the classic saint exam is not important?

He actually said that what is more important is the exams for other subjects?

"What does His Majesty the Northern Emperor really say?"

"Yes, not only Your Majesty thinks so, but our court also thinks so. Classics have indeed been studied for too long. The annotations of predecessors have long been more than the original work. Each school has its own statements. It is meaningless to continue researching them. It is better to focus on the other three subjects."

Xin Qiji took another sip of wine, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "The law subject, as the name suggests, is about law. The establishment of the country is the most important, and the law cannot be unchanged and needs to be changed over time. Therefore, Your Majesty tries to take the exam to cultivate legal talents for the country.

Science is an examination that emphasizes worldly truths such as astronomy, geography, and arithmetic, so it is named science. Your Majesty believes that national affairs such as marching and fighting, agricultural production, etc. all require the research efforts of the Institute of Science, so it sets up a science examination to cultivate talents.

The same is true for engineering. Marines and wars require weapons, barracks, people need housing, cities, agricultural production requires water conservancy projects, etc. Therefore, our dynasty also needs hundreds of workers, so His Majesty set up a special engineering examination to cultivate talents."

Xin Qiji raised three fingers and gave Tang Situi a rough explanation of the three subjects except liberal arts.

Tang Situi was obviously shocked by the content of the Ming Dynasty imperial examination so much that he couldn't speak.

The imperial examination has always been a stage for scholars to compete for literary talent, and a stage for selecting the best literati. But what is the situation in the imperial examination in Ming Dynasty? Why do even craftsmen have to take the stage for the exam?

"Can all workers take the imperial examination?"

"Why not? As long as it is beneficial to the country, it is talent. As long as it is talent, it is necessary to only be talented. This is what Your Majesty believes in the imperial examination. The imperial examination should recruit talents to serve the country in an unconventional manner."

Tang Situi had no idea how to evaluate such an imperial examination.

The imperial examination in Ming Dynasty was just a title for the imperial examination, and the inside was completely different.

Does it feel like Cao Mengdewei is saying that he is a little bit like a sensible person?

A banquet that greeted people was originally intended to appease Xin Qiji, but Tang Situi himself couldn't understand it. So after the banquet, Tang Situi immediately went to the palace to pay homage to Zhao Gou and told Zhao Gou what he found.

Zhao Gou was also quite surprised by this.

"The four subjects of liberal arts, science, law and engineering can be selected as a bachelor's degree?"

Zhao Gou said in surprise: "What did Su Yonglin think? The way to select scholars is not to be the way to select scholars in different subjects. He obviously set up the four subjects together, and the articles of Xunzi are actually added to the liberal arts department. How did he pass the court's evaluation?"

Zhao Gou was a little difficult to understand.

Tang Situi thought about this question seriously on the way here just now and came up with an answer.

Because Su Yonglin was a powerful founding emperor, he was also an invincible emperor who had made outstanding contributions to the Central Plains. The army listened to him. His prestige and power were too high. He forced his authority to promote this matter, and his subordinates dared not resist.

All his ministers compromised and admitted defeat, so they let him do whatever they wanted.

Who made him hold a 400,000 elite army that is good at fighting?

As for Zhao Gou, he couldn't understand...

Well, obviously, Zhao Gou has never been a powerful emperor who has gained power by relying on military merits.

The reason why he became the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty was because Song Huizong had the only son who escaped the fate of being captured by chance. He had no military achievements and no great political achievements. Instead, he had the experience of bowing down and paying tribute to the enemy country.

Therefore, everything he got through sinister power and exchange of interests. Su Yonglin's realm that was purely based on strength could not be understood.

I am afraid that it would be impossible for him to understand that the emperor could do whatever he wanted.

Tang Situi understood this kind of thing, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only agree with Zhao Gou's words.

After complaining for a while, Zhao Gou also realized that he could not control anything Su Yonglin did.

With some unreasonable frustration, Zhao Gou asked, "What is Xin Qiji coming here for? Have you figured it out?"

"It's not clear yet. He's very strict with his mouth and has to go to a formal occasion to say it."

Tang Situ shook his head and said, "There is no good time to ask him during this period, especially if something happened before."

Such things are naturally the matter of refugees surrounding the station.

It would be fine if I didn’t say it, but when I said it, Zhao Gou became angry again.

"Liu Wei is a waste! Waste! Such a waste is not worthy of being the magistrate of Yuhang County! Don't be tried, just be dismissed! Dismissal! Get out of Lingnan! Never come back!"

As soon as Zhao Gou spoke, he basically confirmed Liu Wei's death in his career.

Although he had some backers with a high status in the court, he would not have been able to become the magistrate of Yuhang County.

However, this incident involved the Northern Dynasties and the Ming Dynasty, which surprised [friendly countries]. It was an international dispute and was the thing that Zhao Gou least wanted to happen, so Liu Wei's backer did nothing.

Tang Situi was in no way, so of course he would arrange for Liu Wei's exile place, and then let this unlucky guy say goodbye to the land of fish and rice, and go to the uncivilized land to accompany the savages.

Zhao Gou officially decided to meet Xin Qiji two days later. So the day before Zhao Gou met, Xin Qiji formally handed over the letter of Ming State to the Song Dynasty, allowing Emperor Zhao Gou of Song to understand the Ming State's needs for the southward journey this time.

After receiving the letter from the country, Zhao Gou finally understood why the Ming Kingdom had to send a senior military chief as the envoy to discuss the matter.

He finally understood why Xin Qiji had been hiding before this, just not revealing the specific goal of going south.

Is this something that can be discussed?

This is simply compensation for defeat, right?

With unprecedented feeling of being deceived and anger, Zhao Gou smashed the Ming Dynasty's letter to the ground with a swing of his hand, and roared in front of the prime ministers, saying everything about [Su Yonglin's child is too bullying].
Chapter completed!