My whole family traveled across time with an encyclopedia

Chapter 451 "Persuasion"

Not to mention the complaints from these soldiers, even Ren Donghao, a man who wanders around the Beiqiong tribe all year round, can't get used to the food cooked in this inn.

The meat was either undercooked and you could even see the blood streaks, and if you squeezed it there would still be blood, or it was so hard that it was burnt, and it was just served like this.

Ren Donghao stared at the roasted meat and ate it. The smell of the paste covered up the fishy smell of the meat itself, making it easier to eat than the uncooked meat.

"Caravans traveling from north to south usually prepare their own food. I didn't know why before, but now I finally understand." Ren Donghao said with a self-deprecating smile.

After eating an extremely unpleasant meal, everyone looked unhappy.

I secretly scolded these Beiqiong people for wasting meat.

Seeing that everyone was packing up the goods they wanted to sell, Ren Donghao took the initiative to remind, "We'd better put on Beiqiong people's clothes, otherwise our clothes will be too conspicuous and it will easily attract some people's attention."

Zhang Xifan thought for a while and agreed, "You guys wear the furs we harvested."

Although it is a bit hot to wear furs this season, it is not unbearable in Beiqiong. The further north you go and the deeper you go into the hinterland of Beiqiong, the colder the weather becomes.

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After Chang Yuan agreed to open Enke, Ning Changrong went to Xie Hongcai and Yang Dong, the Minister of Punishment, to discuss it.

The main thing is to discuss the content of the imperial examination. There are not many changes in the content of the examination such as the examination of young students and scholars, and the main content is still inherited from the previous dynasty.

The main content they discussed was the content of the Jinshi scientific examination.

After three days of discussion, no one could convince anyone.

"The reason why His Majesty agreed to open Enke this time is because he wants to select useful talents as soon as possible. If the content of the scientific examination of the previous dynasty is still followed, then can Mr. Xie guarantee that the selected people can manage the local area well?"

After deliberation for several days, Xie Hongcai and the others found that they either couldn't do it here or there, and they didn't agree with Ning Changrong's major changes to the content of the scientific examination.

Ning Changrong eliminated the questions that required memorization and focused all the assessment content on policy theory and farming.

In terms of farming, the main purpose is to take care of the children of common people, but in fact, after passing the imperial examination, they are no longer considered common people.

It may be easier for people from aristocratic families with good status and background to pass the policy review. Their knowledge is broader than that of ordinary people. However, if they only know policy theory but not farming, such people are equivalent to talking on paper, and they are not what Ning Changrong wants to select. Talents.

They thought that the changes they made were not big, but Xie Hongcai and the others were unwilling.

Xie Hongcai argued hard and puffed his beard and said with a glare, "The Four Books and Five Classics have been mandatory questions in the imperial examination for thousands of years. Master Ning deleted these questions at once, which is inconsistent with the ancestral etiquette!"

There is still the humility in front of Chang Yuan when several people shied away from each other.

Everyone is eager to roll up their sleeves and "persuade" each other.

Ning Changrong took a deep breath, "Mr. Xie, I'm talking to you about practical issues, and you're telling me about ancestral etiquette? Okay, since you want to talk about ancestral etiquette, then I'll argue with you."

Xie Hongcai looked like he was all ears.

"Was there a recommendation system before the emergence of the imperial examination system? Did the emergence of the imperial examination system also violate the ancestral etiquette?"

Ning Changrong silenced Xie Hongcai with just one sentence.

He thought for a while and said: "You, you are sophistry!"

Ning Changrong smiled and said: "Master Xie, if you tell me about ancestral etiquette, then I will follow your line of thought, and now you are calling me sophistry? Could it be that the imperial examination system was about ancestral etiquette from the beginning? Obviously not, right?" He looked at the crowd and said loudly: "It is precisely because the recommendation system is not suitable for the development of the times that the imperial examination system came into being. Now, the Jinshi questions of the previous dynasty are not suitable for the development of our Da'an, so today's changes have been made."

"All changes are for the better. Do you want to stick to the rules and always abide by the ancestral etiquette? If that is the case, then you all relied on the imperial examination system to obtain your fame, right?"

The implication is that their identity violates the ancestral etiquette.

Xie Hongcai suppressed his blush and couldn't find anything to say to refute the other party.

"You" didn't say a word for a long time.

The corners of Ning Changrong's lips raised, "What else do you have to say now, sir?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, all silent. If Xie Hongcai hadn't led them to oppose Ning Changrong, to be honest, these officials would not have stopped Ning Changrong at all.

There is some concern, but not much.

Ning Changrong's family was in the emperor's heart, and the emperor arranged this matter for him. He said that he wanted them to discuss specific regulations with Ning Changrong, but in fact, he didn't ask them to assist Ning Changrong?
Anyone with eyes can see clearly.

Seeing that Xie Hongcai had disappeared from the steps, Yang Dong came out to be a good old man and said haha: "Mr. Ning, Mr. Xie didn't react for a while, okay, okay, now that we've made it clear, let's start discussing the topic, shall we? His Majesty is still waiting for us to deliver a mission."

Ning Changrong didn't say much and led a group of people to discuss the specific topics.

Policy theory is very practical, but the government is convenient to govern. To be honest, there are too many, and you can take the test from anywhere.

Several standard answers need to be formulated. For a policy question like this, it is impossible to have only one accurate answer that can score points as long as it is meaningful.

The specific number of points depends on how practical the content he writes is possible.

“I don’t want this to happen in Enko like the previous situation in which high scores were obtained because of gorgeous words.”

"The main purpose of our Enke this time is to select available talents, not to ask them to make a fuss."

After Ning Changrong finalized a few benchmark points, everyone started discussing.

Then several issues came up around the governance of the place.

A few more agricultural common sense came out, and after everyone finally agreed, Ning Changrong glanced at Xie Hongcai, who was scratching his neck and ignoring him, curled his lips in a funny way, and presented the memorial to Chang Yuan.

Yang Dong gave Xie Hongcai a step up. Although Xie Hongcai didn't say anything to Ning Changrong, he raised several questions during the discussion, and two of the questions written in the memorial were his.

"Your Majesty, I discussed with all the ministers for three days and came up with a specific encore system. The one on the left is the topic range of this encore."

If the questions are finalized so early, there may be a possibility of missing questions, but if something is leaked, it is easy to hold individuals responsible.

Chang Yuan had long heard that Ning Changrong and several ministers could not convince anyone, and they argued for several days.

I thought it would take a few days to submit the memorial, but I didn't expect that it had only been three days and even the title had been drafted.

He opened the memorial and looked at it, then opened the paper next to it with the title written on it and looked at it for a while.

"Yes, they are all meaningful imperial examination questions." Suitable for the purpose of this Enke.

(End of this chapter)