Zhao Lang had always believed that since the Han Dynasty, the implementation of the ruling ideology of eliminating all schools of thought and only respecting Confucianism allowed the dynasty to continue on in a more stable and peaceful manner. However, this inevitably caused people's thinking to become rigid and monotonous. It restricted everyone's subjective initiative and restricted the development of economy and culture.
In a sense, in modern society, most of the democratic countries were in a state of 'a hundred schools of thought contending' with each other. In just two to three hundred years, the entire human society had improved more than the past thousands of years combined!
The simple words of the great man,'a black cat or a white cat, as long as it can catch a mouse', were the best interpretation of' a hundred schools of thought contending '!
Although the First Emperor was still quite conflicted with Zhao Lang's words of contending with a hundred schools of thought, he couldn't deny that if things really developed according to Zhao Lang's imagination, even he, the first emperor in history, would yearn for it.
However, the First Emperor pondered for a moment and said,""Little fellow, even if you create another Jixia Learning Palace, I don't know how many years it will take to cultivate talents who can govern the country and pacify the people. In fact, even after several generations, it might not be effective.”
Cultivating talents was slow and costly. Jixia Learning Palace was established during the reign of King Wei of Qi. It took more than a hundred years for it to gradually prosper. The amount of manpower and financial resources invested in this period was unimaginable to ordinary people.
However, even with such a huge investment and accumulation, the number of talents who managed the world from Jixia Learning Palace in the past 150 years was pitifully few!
Zhao Lang revealed a sly smile." Old Zhao, you don't have to worry about the selection of talents. Master Lang has his own ideas. In less than three to five years, we will be able to make the imperial court full of talents, and all the elites of the Hundred Schools will be at my disposal!”
Qin Shi Huang's interest was piqued." I'd like to hear the details!"”
In order to rope in the First Emperor to join her anti-Qin team, Zhao Lang went all out and said without holding back," Old Zhao, for an emperor who controls the world, it's actually very simple to select talents. For example, we can search for talents in all aspects without discrimination through the imperial examinations!”
"What is the imperial examination?" Qin Shi Huang immediately asked.
Zhao Lang shook his head and said," The Imperial Examination is actually a test. The content of the test is the essence of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy! He would set up the provincial examination in the county, the general examination in the county, and the court examination in Xianyang Palace! Those who passed the provincial examination could participate in the general examination, and those who passed the general examination could participate in the court examination. They would be selected step by step, and the final elite could enter the court as an official!”
"With such benefits, I believe that the vast majority of people of insight in the world will fight to be the first to join.”
"Furthermore, in order to have a path of advancement, the commoners at the bottom of the world will also rack their brains to learn relevant knowledge. In this way, in less than three to five years, the imperial court will be filled with talents and compete with each other.”
The First Emperor could not help but marvel at the little wimp's fantastic ideas. However, as a master of government affairs, he could still see the crux of the matter." Little fellow, the various schools of thought are extremely biased towards each other, and there are countless of them who treasure their own knowledge. How did you absorb their knowledge and even write them into questions for the imperial examination?”
Zhao Lang chuckled and took out a book from his pocket." Imperial Examinations Encyclopedia " appeared in front of Qin Shi Huang." Old Zhao, we've already prepared it. The knowledge of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy is all recorded here. When the time comes, we just need to set the questions according to the book."”
Amidst his astonishment, the First Emperor took the Imperial Examination Encyclopedia and flipped through it casually. He was shocked to see that there were all kinds of questions regarding the imperial examination system, laws, and regulations. It was extremely detailed, and it was really eye-opening.
Instantly, Shi Huang looked at the little wimp in front of him and was shocked! How did this little guy's head grow? It was one thing for him to think of such a wonderful method of selecting talents for the imperial examinations. Furthermore, he had actually listed the endless knowledge of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy on the ancient books. He was truly a genius!
Qin Shi Huang naturally didn't know that even though Zhao Lang was a transmigrator, it was impossible for him to obtain a perfect Imperial Examination Manual in a short period of time. This treasure was extracted by him using resentment points! Furthermore, a considerable portion of the resentment points were contributed by him, the First Emperor!
The most precious part of the Imperial Examinations Encyclopedia was that it was not the only book that contained the Confucian school of thought in the imperial examinations of the later dynasties. It was a collection of all the knowledge of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy! Using this as a blueprint to carry out the comprehensive imperial examination, that would be extremely professional!
Zhao Lang looked at the Emperor Shi's yearning expression and immediately added fuel to the fire." Old Zhao, actually, the Imperial Examination is not only used to select talents for the imperial court. It also has a more important function, which is even more important than the selection of talents. Why don't you take a guess?”
Shi Huang looked at the little wimp's exultant appearance, and thoughts flashed through his mind. Imperial examinations…to select talents, layers of examinations, and the common people would also join in. If that was the case…
All of a sudden, a bright light flashed through the Emperor's mind, and his dragon eyes shone brightly." Little fellow, are you saying that the greatest effect of the imperial examination is to…calm the hearts of the people and make them have some expectations? In turn, the chaos in the world will disappear without a trace?”
The First Emperor's heart was in turmoil. Not long ago, he had been awake from morning till night, troubled by the remnants of the Six Nations and the restlessness of the common people. Now that Zhao Lang had introduced the Imperial Examinations, he was suddenly enlightened. If all the common people of the Great Qin Dynasty were to focus on learning and compete to take the Imperial Examinations, who would have the time to rebel?
At this moment, not only Qin Shi Huang, even Wang Jian who was following behind could not help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. He looked at the little wimp in front of him and thought to himself, This brat is simply poisonous! Even if he had started thinking about this since he was in his mother's womb, it had only been seven or eight years. How could he have come up with so many heaven-defying ideas?
Little did he know that at this moment, Zhao Lang couldn't help but mutter in his heart, Old Zhao's reaction was too f * cking fast, right? This bro had wanted to pretend to be thirteen, but this old guy had exposed the heavenly secrets with a single sentence!? This showed that Old Zhao was indeed a talent. No matter what, Master Lang wanted to recruit him into the anti-Qin team!
However, the old man was a hardcore fan of Qin Shihuang. If he wanted to pull him into the team, he had to work harder!
Then, he would start with…blackening Old Zhao's idol, Qin Shihuang. He would make him turn against the Ancestral Dragon. Only then would there be a chance!
Thinking of this, Zhao Lang smiled and said," Old Zhao, you've asked me so many questions. How about we ask you one too?”
The First Emperor was slightly startled and immediately said,"Just say it."”
The little wimp chuckled." Old Zhao, to be honest, what do you think of Qin Shihuang, this great scourge?”
This devilish brat, how could he speak like that?
Old Zhao's resentment points 235!
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