The system of humor was a daily routine for the imperial examinations during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

If the issue of fairness in the imperial examination is not solved, how can scholars be encouraged to take the imperial examination?

Although Chen Zhengtai wanted to change the recommendation system.

But he knew that this was unrealistic, because it was impossible to recommend it, which was equivalent to fundamentally solving the problem of the family's interference in the imperial examination, and the resistance was too great.

What's more, Chen Zhengtai recommended nine candidates alone, and he was not clean.

Since that's the case, then just start with other aspects, such as the name system.

Seeing Li Shimin looking at him with a bright look, Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but speak.

"The teacher, the system of name-lossing advocated by students is to abandon the preferences of teachers and examinees for candidates. It does not matter whether the teacher takes talent or not. What is important is that the subjects all over the world believe that the imperial examination mechanism established by the teacher is fair and just, so only one excellent rule can be convincing."

"When everyone in the world believes that as long as they have talent and knowledge, they can jump through the imperial examination, the imperial examination will not require the imperial examination to be deliberately advocated, and the talented people in the world will naturally flock to it."

Li Shimin was moved when he heard this.

He and Fang Xuanling looked at each other, and Fang Xuanling nodded secretly to Li Shimin.

As the prime minister who connects the past and the future, Fang Xuanling understands the ideas of the people in the world better than Li Shimin. There are rumors about the injustice of the imperial examination. After all,... the exam is difficult to convince people after all. Of course, those who passed the exam firmly believe that the imperial examination is fair, but who did not pass the exam?

How can the court not do anything to stop the complaints of those who failed and stop the long-lasting mouths of the world?

The imperial examination is just a beginning. Although it has been in the forefront since Emperor Wen of Sui, the concept of the imperial examination has not yet been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The Tang Dynasty followed the Sui system, so naturally hoped to establish an effective system on this basis.

When Li Shimin saw Fang Xuanling nodding at him, he felt even more convinced.

He never expected that Chen Zhengtai could still think about this matter. What Chen Zhengtai said makes sense, but... he has encountered another big problem now.

Li Shimin frowned and asked Chen Zhengtai with a confused look on his face: "Is the name-absorbing system mentioned by Zhengtai related to making the world believe in this fairness?"

"That's right." Chen Zhengtai said with confidence: "But if the students explain, they are afraid they can't explain it clearly for a while. Why not... how about the students' drills on the spot?"

Li Shimin laughed: "Can you practice now?"

He still didn't believe it. Chen Zhengtai only had one way to make the world deepen their confidence in the imperial examination.

If it were so easy, it had been decades since Emperor Wen of Sui to the present, but the imperial examinations had been there. How could it have not been expected?

How many wise people are there under Emperor Wen of Sui? And which of my civil and military ministers is not a hero?

Li Shimin sat upright and pondered for a moment: "Okay, I want to see how Zhengtai practices."

"I'm afraid that this will require the help of Mr. Fang and Mr. Yu. You might as well invite two people to the side hall and write an essay on the topic of "Mid-Autumn Festival". How about it?"

In the past, Chen Zhengtai was not qualified to instruct these two great scholars from the Hongwenguan in the court, not to mention that one was the imperial teacher and the other was the prime minister.

But Chen Zhengtai kept it a secret, which made Fang Xuanling and Yu Shinan curious.

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "It's very good."

Yu Shinan originally wanted to say that he was feeling unwell today, but he was afraid that he would not write well. He would definitely come next time he was full of energy.

However, it is better to choose a day than to meet the day. Although he was afraid that his condition would be bad today and insulted his erudition, he thought that Fang Xuanling was far inferior to his articles, so he agreed with a smile.

When the two of them went to the side hall, a small eunuch prepared pen, ink, paper and ink for him.

The two of them each picked up their pens and wrote books.

And in the hall, Chen Zhengtai looked at the inner attendant Zhang Qian: "Have Zhang Lishi read a book?"

Zhang Qian's body was shocked. He didn't expect that this drill would have his own share, so he glanced at Li Shimin. Li Shimin nodded at him. He knew that His Majesty had agreed, so he said, "This... we don't understand very much."

Chen Zhengtai looked disgusted: "I don't understand much in studying, so you are worthy of being a strongman in the palace."

Zhang Qian was originally modest, but when he heard this, he almost lifted it up in one breath. His face looked like a steamed bun that had been slapped and grinned: "We..."

Li Shimin was there, and he couldn't laugh and cry for a while. Zhengtai was still too real, but when he admired this, the young man should have a strong aura. After all, he was not Emperor Ming of Tang, and he relied too much on eunuchs.

Seeing that Your Majesty did not say anything, Zhang Qian wailed in his heart. What's wrong with being humble, so he had to explain: "Actually, I still understand a little."

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help saying, "I'll say it earlier, come and help."

Li Shimin's curiosity became more and more aroused, and he was looking forward with great enthusiasm.

After half an hour, a small eunuch came in the side hall on the other side and said, "The two bachelors have finished their articles."

Chen Zhengtai hurried to the side hall, and indeed saw Fang Xuanling and Yu Shinan sitting on their desks waiting.

Chen Zhengtai stepped forward, collected their paper, tore up two pieces of paper, and asked someone to take a hard white paper and paste it on the name of the article.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhengtai called Zhang Qianlai again. What Zhang Qian saw were two articles that had been dubbed. Chen Zhengtai ordered him: "Take the pen and ink and copy these two articles."

"Let's copy?" Zhang Qian looked at Chen Zhengtai with a suspicious look.

Chen Zhengtai gave him a look of affirmation.

Zhang Qian had no choice but to nod. After arriving at the desk, he took the paper and copied the article. Chen Zhengtai pasted the newly copied article on the original article.

Then he arrived at the main hall and sent these two articles to the imperial front.

Li Shimin lowered his head and looked at the two test papers on the desk. The candidates' names on the two test papers were already confused.

When I read this article next, Li Shimin was stunned because all of these two articles were written in the same handwriting, obviously... they were copied by Zhang Qianyi.

In this way, except for the different articles, the other calligraphy handwriting is different, and even the papers are in a unified format. The candidate's name has been covered with hard paper. Chen Zhengtai specially stamped a stamp. As long as the paper is uncovered and the name is seen, clues can be seen.

Li Shimin was shocked at first, and then shocked: "I began to understand what you mean. In this way... I can prevent any fraud in the examiner, or collusion between the examiner. Wonderful, wonderful, I can't tell the difference now. Are these two articles written by Fang Qing or by Yu Gong?"

"This is not enough." Chen Zhengtai said with a smile: "There is another more direct and effective method, that is, just in case, when the imperial court marks the papers, a chief examiner, six deputy examiners can be set up, and everyone will give each other a score, and then... remove a highest score and a lowest score. The scores given by the other five test scores can be included in the final score."

Chen Zhengtai paused: "This is to prevent the candidates' writing style from being seen. If the examiner and the candidates are closely related to each other, once the writing style is seen and given high scores, there is a possibility of fraud. But once the highest score is removed, the impact of individual examiners on the candidates can be minimized."

Li Shimin was stunned...

Fang Xuanling and Yu Shinan were also thinking.

Suddenly, Yu Shinan's eyes opened, and a look of surprise flashed across the face of his eyes.

"This old minister is planning the country. Your Majesty, Chen Zhengtai's plan is very wonderful. Haha, good, good. If implemented, it does not require too much manpower and material resources to the court, but it has a very significant effect on the imperial examination."

Fang Xuanling was a very cautious person, but he also saw the great benefits of Chen Zhengtai's plan at this time. What made him even more gratified was that all this did not touch the interests of anyone. Once the court implemented it, it would hardly arouse too much opposition. Fang Xuanling was overjoyed. He couldn't help but look at Chen Zhengtai deeply. It was so strange that Chen family in Mengjin could even produce such a person. My four sons were not as good as him.

"Your Majesty, this not only can prevent the impact of fraud in the imperial examination, but most importantly, as Chen Zhengtai said, once this policy is implemented, the scholars in the world will feel as if they have a reassurance. This has great benefits for Your Majesty's pursuit of talents. Your Majesty, Chen Zhengtai is a talent that can be created. I have learned it today."

Fang Xuanling sighed in his heart, thinking to himself, if I had known this, I would have accepted him as a disciple.

Li Shimin was very happy when he heard this: "Immediately draft a charter to announce this new imperial examination plan to the world."

Fang Xuanling should go.

Li Shimin was in a good mood today. His children had obtained shares for nothing, and this paper had countless wonderful uses, so even the imperial examinations had a direction of innovation.

He couldn't help but look at Chen Zhengtai with even more admiration and felt relieved, so he instructed Chen Zhengtai to make paper.

Chen Zhengtai responded, and the implementation of the new imperial examination system also gave him a reassurance. You know... he recommended nine students, and these nine people are all monsters. The most difficult Jinshi subjects to take, and they can all be high school. Chen Zhengtai believes that they have real talents and knowledge.

When Li Shimin seeks talents, he must pursue fairness. In the historical imperial examinations, he will definitely not let the nine people go. Therefore, Chen Zhengtai is very sure of their high school Jinshi.

But suddenly, most of the people I recommend in high schools will inevitably have rumors, and some people will definitely feel that they cheated by relationships.

I, Chen Zhengtai, are also a person who wants to save face. How can I gossip behind my back?

Since that's the case, we will introduce a fair examination system. At least for the time being, there is almost no possibility of cheating. Even if someone thinks of a way to cheat, it will happen many years later.

I will see when I see who dares to say that my scholar in Erpigou University cheats.

It was getting late, and Chen Zhengtai and others left. Fang Xuanling helped Yu Shinan out of the hall, and Yu Shinan called Chen Zhengtai.

Chen Zhengtai stopped quickly and bowed to Yu Shinan with a smile and said, "Don't you have anything to do?"

Yu Shinan looked at Chen Zhengtai with complicated eyes, looking unspeakable, but finally said: "Erpigou County Duke, you must be honest in life. Trust is the foundation of human beings. You know what I mean."

"Ah..." Chen Zhengtai was a little confused: "Everyone said I was very honest."

Yu Shinan was still very satisfied with Chen Zhengtai's attitude, but he didn't know much about Chen Zhengtai's character, so he didn't want to talk too much with Chen Zhengtai, but just nodded and said, "That's good. Those 300 kilograms of paper will be delivered earlier. I live in Ping'anfang."

Chen Zhengtai: "…"

This is a bit shameless.

Yu Shinan seemed to be afraid that Chen Zhengtai would say something next, but he didn't answer again. He was trembling slightly just now and asked for someone to support him. In a blink of an eye, he walked as fast as he could, and walked by quickly.

This made Fang Xuanling feel embarrassed and it was difficult to catch up with him for a while, so he and Chen Zheng stared at him.

"Cough cough..." Fang Xuanling coughed, and then said slowly: "Mr. Erpigou County, not bad, not bad. Although I am young, I am young and promising. I have a good word, but I don't know if I will listen."

Chen Zhengtai thought to himself, you can't ask for paper too, right?
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