Zhenguan 2nd year (628 AD), November.
Chang 'an Examination Hall.
Troops of Imperial Army soldiers were heavily armored and held swords in their hands as they guarded the surroundings of the examination hall.
Countless students gathered outside the entrance of the examination hall, preparing to participate in this year's provincial examination.
The provincial examination was the Shangshu provincial examination, which was a common subject of the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty.
Tang system: Every midwinter, that is, November, each state, county, museum, prison will recommend students, township tribute sent to Shangshu Province to participate in the imperial examination.
Qin Chuan, who was standing among the examinees, raised his head and looked at the entrance of the Chang 'an Examination Hall not far away, feeling smug.
This would be his first step as a transmigrator to rewrite the history of the Great Tang.
Yes, he was not from the Tang Dynasty. He came from the 21st century, more than 1,400 years later.
The entrance of the Examination Hall opened. The examinees entered the examination hall one by one under the name of the officials from the Ministry of Personnel.
The imperial examinations in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty were not presided over by the Ministry of Rites, but by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which was responsible for selecting officials.
The reason why the imperial examination was later presided over by the Ministry of Rites was because during the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, there was a dispute between the two Li.
As the chief examiner of the imperial examination, Li Ang, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs 'Merit Department, was openly challenged by Li Quan, who had gotten in through the back door. Not only did Li Ang lose to Li Quan's sophistry, but he was also almost convicted.
This matter alarmed Li Longji, who held a court meeting specifically for this imperial examination.
The court found that the reason why there were so many cases of examinees challenging the chief examiner in the imperial examination was mainly because the chief examiner's rank was too low to preside over the national examination and could not control the situation.
After the court discussion, Li Longji used the excuse that 'Zongbo was in charge of the ceremony and should be recommended by the main guest' to hand over the examination to the Ministry of Rites and ordered the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites to take charge.
From then on, the imperial examination was changed to be presided over by the Ministry of Rites and became a permanent system, which lasted until the abolition of the imperial examination.
However, in this provincial examination, there would not be a dispute between the two Li.
It had been ten years since the founding of the Great Tang in the first year of Wude (618 AD), and the kingdom had passed down to the second emperor.
However, the Great Tang had only destroyed the last feudal lord, Liang Shidu, this year. It had truly ended the chaos of the Sui Dynasty and unified China into a unified dynasty.
As the first provincial examination after the Great Tang unified the world, Li Shimin placed great importance on this examination and specially arranged for the Minister of Personnel, Du Ruhui, to be the chief examiner.
After entering the examination hall, the tens of thousands of students who came to take the exam were assigned to different examination halls according to the different subjects.
There were many subjects in the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, including scholar, Ming Jing, Jinshi, Junshi, Ming Fa, Ming Zi, Ming Arithmetic, etc.
However, some subjects were not permanent and some subjects were not valued. The most well-known subjects were Ming Jing and Jinshi.
Qin Chuan was participating in the Jinshi examination.
According to his identity, not long after he came to take the examination, the examination began.
The content of the Jinshi examination was not poetry.
Poetry and Fu were added during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. In addition to essays (poetry and Fu), Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty also added Tie Jing.
The so-called Tie Jing, in short, is our modern era's ancient poetry written from memory. However, at that time, it was required to write Confucian classics from memory.
During the Zhenguan period, the examination content of Jinshi was five current affairs policies.
The current affairs policy was to discuss the countermeasures of current affairs and politics.
It was similar to the arguments of the later dynasty. According to the proposition or materials given, they would analyze the current politics, put forward opinions, and prove them.
The first question was about the 'regime' and the discussion of the enfeoffment system and the prefecture and county system.
In the ninth year of Wude, when Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, ascended the throne, how to arrange the fate of the royal family became a major problem for the court.
In the first year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty asked the ministers about the strategy of enjoying the country for a long time. The former minister Zuo Pushe Xiao Yu proposed enfeoffment, which caused widespread discussion in the court.
Whether or not to divide the fiefs was a difficult problem for any new dynasty.
The Zhou Dynasty was enfeoffed and the country lasted for 800 years. If the Qin Dynasty did not enfeoffment, it would perish after two generations.
The Han Dynasty ruled for four hundred years. Cao Wei was not enfeoffed, and Sima usurped the world!
Enfeoffment of the royal family could protect the territory and protect the screen of the vassals. At the time of danger and chaos in the court, they could enter the capital to help the king and continue the country's fortune.
However, the enfeoffment of the royal family was not without worries. There was no lack of ambitious people in the royal family. If things went wrong, not only would the enfeoffment not be able to continue the country, but it would also become too big and endanger the foundation of the country.
The chaos of the seven kingdoms of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty and the chaos of the eight kings of the Western Jin Dynasty were recorded in the annals of history, and the alarm bells rang.
Countless students faced this question and thought hard. It was like a fishbone stuck in their throats. They were hesitating between the enfeoffment system and the county system, and it was difficult for them to write.
However, Qin Chuan had a smile on his face as he firmly decided to oppose the enfeoffment system and insist on the prefecture and county system.
As a transmigrator, no one knew better than him that the prefecture and county system was the most effective local administrative system.
In the later generations, the administrative system of provinces, cities, and counties was essentially the inheritance and development of the prefecture and county system.
Whether or not they were enfeoffed did not have much of a long-term impact on the country.
The Ming and Qing dynasties did not have enfeoffment, but they still enjoyed nearly 300 years of national power.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the enfeoffment had caused chaos in the country. During the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di, as a vassal king, changed the world and entered the capital to become emperor.
After becoming Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di led the second reduction of vassals to prevent other vassal kings from repeating their own path of seizing power.
At the same time, as a transmigrator, Qin Chuan also understood the thoughts of the question setters better than the other examinees.
The current Emperor Tang Taizong, Li Shimin, actually did not approve of the enfeoffment. Although there were many discussions about enfeoffment in the early Tang Dynasty, the final result was nothing.
The Tang Dynasty had its own knighthood, but the local administrative system that was actually implemented in the Tang Dynasty was still the prefecture and county system.
After thinking for a while, Qin Chuan picked up the brush and dipped it in ink. He wrote three big words on the paper-"Feudalism".
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