back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 647 Unsatisfactory
As in the past, Lu Chengqi dressed up as an inspector again, dressed in an official uniform, and walked slowly into the Hall of Valor.

Lu Chengqi's choice of time was very appropriate. He accurately calculated the time for the scholars to read the questions, and then stepped into the Hall of Valor after they wrote their pens.Today is different from the past, some of these scholars recognize his face, if there is a clamor, the order of the examination will be messed up.Only when the gods don't know it, and the ghost enters it unconsciously, can the effect of surprise be achieved.

In fact, Lu Chengqi guessed right.These scholars are writing straight books one by one, who cares about who is patrolling the examination?
Of course, there are also many people who have doubts.This question is not a "palace examination" at all. Generally speaking, the questions of the palace examination are written in the emperor's tone. How can it be so crude and straightforward to ask questions?This straight-forward question is similar to the previous Jianjing; and the policy question in the provincial examination is more like the question of the palace examination.

It's strange in my heart, but I can't "please" at this moment, and I can only hold it in my stomach if I have any questions.Fortunately, this question is simple, so it doesn't matter if you can't "please" it, just answer whatever you ask!

It's just that some smart scholars figured it out. There are more than 500 elites here. How could the emperor ask such simple questions?If everyone answers the same questions, how can we judge whether they are high or low?It must be something else!Combined with the new policy, in fact, it is about to come out. The little emperor is defending himself. I hope someone will support him!Ever since, these "smart people" began to pretend to be smart, and with a swipe of a pen, all flattering tones came out.

Lu Chengqi slowly shuttled among the scholars, slowly looked at their papers, and found that most of them were quite different from his own ideas.But think about it, these scholars, where there is no political awareness, most of them still live in their own fantasy, thinking that the world is like this.In fact, officialdom and politics are completely different from what they think.With their political consciousness, it is good to be able to flatter them.

"It's not satisfactory, it's not satisfactory. Is there no one who can satisfy me?" Lu Chengqi inspected and felt disappointed.If Dashun's elites were like this, he really had nothing to say. "It seems that education is really going to start, but money is a big problem. No wonder education can't be popularized with the wealth of the Song Dynasty..." Lu Chengqi couldn't help thinking about how to carry out compulsory education.

Teaching and educating people is the most important thing for a country.If a country is mostly illiterate, the country is ignorant.Once someone is bewitching, these people will become accomplices, they are born and don't know what they are doing.Lu Chengqi believes that reading is to improve one's self-cultivation, which is very close to Confucius' educational philosophy.But Lu Chengqi does not agree to blindly respect the ideas of the ancients, but admires that people today have their own ideas.If the thinking of a nation cannot keep pace with the times, it will only gradually fall behind.This is why the Tang and Song Dynasties stood at the top of the world, but gradually fell behind after the Ming Dynasty.Look at the Tang and Song Dynasties, the style of writing is open, and various ideas emerge in endlessly.Looking at the Ming and Qing Dynasties, stereotyped essays imprisoned thinking, and even if there were occasional masters, it was only a flash in the pan and did not form a large-scale influence.The most regrettable thing is that Wang Yangming learned it by heart. Such a good theory was rejected by the world.Of course, it was also related to the imperial court system and the imperial examination system at that time, so we cannot blame others.

Lu Chengqi knew that the importance of imperial examinations is to obtain scholars for the country, and the other is to lead the trend of thought.He admired Guan Xue because the main purpose of Guan Xue is to worry about the country and the people, which is worthy of praise.And this impact is negligible, because there are still too few people who follow Guan Xue.But if Guan Xue's reputation is resounded all over the world through the imperial examination, then Guan Xue's status will be established.It's not okay for one family to dominate. If Lu Chengqi admires Guan Xue, he can naturally admire other disciplines as well.Undoubtedly, he is also planning to find someone to be a representative of Xinxue, and develop the "unity of knowledge and action" Xinxue!
He inspected the examination room aimlessly and shook his head slightly. This move caught Wen Yanbo's eyes, and he was also very puzzled: "The emperor is still dissatisfied with Zhang Zai, the governor? Unpredictable!"

There were five hundred and seven scholars, all gathered in the Jiying Hall, and Lu Chengqi couldn't find a few familiar faces for a while, so he went to the back hall gate without interest.At this moment, an official who knew the age of fate attracted his attention.If you look at his official uniform, he is a member of the third rank, even compared with Wen Yanbo, he is not bad.

Lu Chengqi walked over quietly, and said to him: "This Qing family, please excuse me."

The official was suspicious, but followed Lu Chengqi out.

Outside the Ji Ying Hall, Lu Chengqi dared to speak in a normal voice: "This Qing family is very unfamiliar!"

The official's heart was exquisite, how could he not know Lu Chengqi's identity, he immediately saluted, and then said slowly: "Cai Xiang, a scholar of Chen Duan Ming Palace, see Your Majesty!"

Lu Chengqi was taken aback for a moment before he came back to his senses: "It turned out to be Cai Qing, no wonder, no wonder! Earlier, Cai Qing went to play, begging for bones to return home, but he felt unwell?"

Cai Xiang sighed: "To tell you the truth, it's all because the old mother at home is suffering from illness. As a son of man, I should serve my mother for a hundred years!"

Lu Chengqi praised: "I can understand human nature. It's just the way of loyalty and filial piety. I still advocate putting state affairs first. When the court is employing people, why did Cai Qing retreat bravely?"

Cai Xiang smiled wryly: "Your Majesty dismissed the minister's memorial and added the vassal as a Duanming Palace Bachelor. Is it because he is afraid that the minister will return to his hometown?"

Lu Chengqi made no secret of it: "Cai Qing is a great talent, and I have heard about it. Since he was appointed as a transshipment envoy on Fujian Road, and then learned about the affairs of Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Kaifeng and Hangzhou, he has heard about virtue and righteousness, and he has written clearly and prudently. He is fair and honest. I am very relieved to be diligent and slack. If there are more Cai Qings in the court who are so capable, why should I bother?"

"Your Majesty's reputation is too high. How can I take this praise?" Cai Xiang's heart sank, knowing that it was impossible for the little emperor to let him go in a short time.Although he is clean and honest, he has a clearer view of the imperial court's policies than anyone else.The little emperor is ambitious, and he wants to become an emperor through the ages, comparable to the Emperor Qin and Han Wu, which is known to all the world.But the little emperor's actions were too big, and he had deeply hurt the civil servants.With the power of civil servants, the little emperor may be a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, not at all.But Cai Xiang sees it clearly, the power gathered by these civil servants is enough to control the world.Cai Xiang used the excuse to go home to serve his old mother, and it was indeed the case, but more, he wanted to avoid this political disaster and avoid getting burned.It never occurred to him that the little emperor had no intention of letting him go at all, and instead transferred him back to Chang'an City with a holy will.It's really clever but was mistaken by cleverness. One move is wrong, and the whole game is lost.

In fact, Lu Chengqi's thoughts are also very simple, this Cai Xiang is a very famous figure in history.History does not lie, so when Cai Xiang submitted the memorial, he entered Lu Chengqi's eyes.Adhering to the principle of killing the wrong and never letting it go, Lu Chengqi rejected his memorial and transferred him back to Chang'an.

"Hey, it's not that simple to run away!" Lu Chengqi thought triumphantly, "If you run away, I'll be a reborn person in vain!"

(End of this chapter)