Fang Xuanling directly pointed to the administrative efficiency issues brought about by the widespread use of paper.

Using fewer people to do more things easily has great benefits, as well as the government's control over the people, and even the collection of taxes.

Speaking of excitement, Fang Xuanling was full of red light. He knew the benefits too well.

"Your Majesty can you tell that last year, Yuezhou sent a year of money, grain books, soldiers, households, land and other documents to Chang'an. How much time did they take? They set off in March and arrived in May. They came with one civil servant, three servants and twelve corvee workers. The documents they brought were four large boxes. They traveled through mountains and rivers along the way, carrying such heavy objects, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive. A large number of documents were sent to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs had to send three civil servants and

It took nearly half a month to get in touch with the matters in Yuezhou. Your Majesty, if you can use a lot of paper, you will get twice the result with half the effort. All the documents can be sent directly to the capital by fast horses. Why do you need so much manpower and material resources? This is just one of them. The government can also simplify the warehouse and reduce the waste of civil servants. Your Majesty, what I said is just a little of this benefit. I can't imagine what more benefits will be there in the future."

"Just..." Fang Xuanling was full of eyebrows and was full of energy. Although he could not know the secret recipe for making paper, he was a person with great vision after all, and knew what the huge benefits it brought.

"It's just that I can assert that once I can make paper on a large scale, its magical purpose will be endless and its benefits will last forever."

Li Shimin's eyes were unstable. In his impression, Fang Xuanling had always been a calm person, and even Fang Xuanling was so excited today, which shows how excited the humerus minister around him was.

Li Shimin couldn't help but get excited.

With this, my civil and military achievements can be one step closer to my civil and cultural governance.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Fang Qing and I are in a coincidence. This paper is wonderful. This time... Chen Zhengtai made great contributions, Chen Zhengtai..."

"Student is here." Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but be scared when he heard them say this. It turned out that I was so great, but... if paper could be used widely, its effectiveness would be similar to later generations who replaced paper with computers for office work.

Chen Zhengtai had never thought of this before. What he thought of was how much money he could make, or... how much benefits he could bring to his school enrollment. Alas... it was still vulgar. He could have been separated from more low-level fun.

Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai with appreciation: "You must never slack off when making paper. I want you to increase your output as soon as possible. I am waiting for your good news."

Chen Zhengtai said: "Students follow the order."

After agreeing to Li Shimin, Chen Zhengtai was dizzy and was criticized when he came, but now he suddenly shone with golden light and was a little uncomfortable.

Li Shimin then relaxed: "When talking about Wenzhi, I remembered something. The imperial examination is about to be held. This imperial examination is a major event. I am preparing to ask Fang Qing to take the lead in the exam. Fang Qing understands what I mean?"

Fang Xuanling certainly understood that he was the prime minister and could not really preside over the exams in detail. However, letting himself take the lead in the exam in name also demonstrated the court's emphasis on the imperial examination.

Although the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty took many subjects, in fact, everyone really valued the Jinshi subjects, and the other subjects they took were not valued by others.

Therefore, this Jinshi in the Jinshi exam was too important, so it was passed down, so later, the Jinshi became a symbol of the imperial examination list.

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Wang Qing doesn't know any suggestions on this imperial examination?"

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial examinations were first opened, and many rules were not standardized enough, which was also Li Shimin's biggest heart disease.

At this time, he asked Fang Xuanling, but Fang Xuanling became cautious. The imperial examination was related to the selection of imperial officials. He must be very cautious and must not be too hasty. Any change may have a huge impact.

Fang Xuanling has always been a matter of being safe. After all, the biggest lesson of Emperor Yang of Sui was to do everything he had to hurry, and in the end, it became uncontrollable.

After learning this lesson, people have gained a deep understanding of governing big countries like cooking small people.

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, I think that the imperial examination is related to the foundation of the country. Now it follows the Sui system, so it is most important not to make major changes for the time being."

Li Shimin nodded. He knew Fang Xuanling's temperament well and felt that Fang Xuanling's caution made sense. Then he looked at his calligraphy teacher Yu Shinan: "What do you think Yu Gong?"

Yu Shinan's mind was full of paper, but he was confused by the question at this time. He couldn't answer even if he was anxious.

Li Shimin smiled. Mr. Yu is old and cannot adapt to changes. It is understandable.

Immediately, Li Shimin's eyes fell on Chen Zhengtai.

At this time, Li Shimin no longer regarded Chen Zhengtai as an ordinary young man, but... he did not expect any response to Chen Zhengtai's answer in this national event. He just hoped that through some correct answers, he would only take the exam for Chen Zhengtai. If he trained hard, he would definitely become a minister of the humerus in the future.

Li Shimin then said, "Chen Zhengtai, let's talk."

Chen Zhengtai didn't even think about it: "Your Majesty, I think the most important thing in the imperial examination is only one thing."

Unexpectedly, Chen Zhengtai really wanted to express his opinion.

This made Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling smile. It turned out that they were still young people. Young people were not familiar with the world and always had a lot of opinions.

Li Shimin still deliberately cheered up a little. Although he felt that Chen Zhengtai might not be able to plan the country, it would be good to hear what he said: "I would like to hear it carefully."

Chen Zhengtai said frankly: "Fair!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Shimin's face looked a little ugly.

The word fairness...it's right to say it.

The key to the problem is that Chen Zhengtai’s proposal of fairness just shows that the previous imperial examinations were unfair.

Fang Xuanling almost burst into laughter and said to himself that Chen Zhengtai, a young man, dared to speak out like this. If it were someone else, I was afraid that His Majesty would show displeasure in public.

Li Shimin then strodes the case, and still smiles on his face, "Oh, in this way, Zhengtai thinks that the imperial examination I presided over since I ascended the top is unfair, right?"

This repetitive question made Chen Zhengtai feel that his mentor was suspected of arguing.

Your uncle, you asked me for my opinion. If you have an opinion, isn’t it just to correct the current bad policies of the imperial examination? If there is no bad policies, why would you ask? Now that I have raised bad things, you are better, but I will be labeled as a hat.

Since ancient times, being with the king is like a tiger. It seems... sometimes... it's not unreasonable.

Chen Zhengtai immediately said: "Students believe that it is fair for their teacher to choose talents. Who in the world knows that their teacher is eager to seek talent."

Li Shimin's face looked a little better and said with a smile: "This is very consistent with my wishes. However, you said that I am fair, but why do you say that the biggest disadvantage of the imperial examination is the word fair."

"This is because..." Chen Zhengtai said: "Because the teacher is fair, but the fairness that students say does not come from the teacher's heart. Instead, we must make everyone in the world believe that the imperial examination is fair. Only by letting people in the world believe in it without doubt, then high school scholars will not be questioned and more glorious. Only in this way will more and more scholars be willing to change their destiny through the imperial examination."

When Li Shimin heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then his eyebrows stretched out. Finally... he understood the meaning of fairness proposed by Chen Zhengtai. These words... were indeed very interesting.

Fang Xuanling, who was standing beside him, was also thinking, and he couldn't help but want to hear what Chen Zhengtai wanted to say next.

"Zhengtai, you keep talking."

"Since you want to do this, you must first make the impression of fairness of the imperial examination and the teacher is fair or not, it is not important. What is important is that everyone in the world can agree with this. Students think that some measures can be taken now to change people's views on the imperial examination. For example... it is better to adopt the system of miscellaneous names during the imperial examination."

"Fu Ming..." Li Shimin was stunned. Through these two words, he seemed to understand something. He was full of energy, but his specific measures were puzzled.

He looked at Chen Zhengtai suspiciously.
Chapter completed!