Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 437: Good Guys and Bad Guys
The honest man stared at the Ministry of Works' test paper in a daze, while Jian Yong and Liu Ye had already nodded, smiled approvingly, and quietly put the Ministry of Works' test paper aside...
In fact, the examination paper of the Ministry of Engineering should be the one with the highest grasp of Bai Tu, except for the examination paper of the Ministry of Justice - the multiple-choice questions are mainly based on geometric operations, with some superficial practical chemistry questions occasionally, and... a large number of subjective questions, which are all simulated solutions to various "difficult problems".
If you are an experienced blacksmith or carpenter, you should be able to answer some questions in your familiar field.
Pang Tong also told Bai Tu that the Ministry of Works was not suitable for selecting talents through the "imperial examination" method, and he hoped to "downgrade" it to the subsequent "academic examination".
Now the rural schools and county schools in Chu State, the former are free for those of appropriate age and also have some subsidies, but there really is not much content in them and they are basically just for enlightenment.
The latter is a combination of "local school recommendation" and "independent enrollment", which requires payment of a certain tuition fee. However, outstanding students will be subsidized by the county ritual department - this is also the main function of the "ritual department", a county-level department of the Ministry of Rites. The number of places and evaluation criteria are monitored by the Ministry of Personnel every year.
Among them, the students recommended by the rural schools are generally from families that are so cold that they are almost frozen to death - ordinary "poor families" also have the conditions to start their education at home, and few of them go to the rural schools for their education!
Therefore, as long as there is a "recommendation from the rural school", the county school must accept them unconditionally. In addition, some children from poor and wealthy families will also send their children to the county school in order to be closer to the court situation. They also have a certain foundation, and the county school can accept them on its own initiative.
Although a certain amount of tuition is required, the Ministry of Revenue provides subsidies to county schools based on the number of students. At the same time, each county can also pay additional subsidies from the county household department. The only difference is that the subsidy ratio involves coordination between the county citizen department, that is, the county magistrate, and the county household department. In any case, the "teaching and learning" of the county school is also related to the performance of the county magistrate and the county ritual department.
Bai Tu recently heard that several counties that are not suitable for opening a large number of workshops are taking the route of being good at running schools, relying on high-quality county schools to get points and make a name for themselves.
As for the county schools, which are now called "universities", they recruited students through "academic examinations" and "recommendations from officials with a rank of 1,000 stones or above".
Although they have the right to recommend, it is limited to the same standards as the imperial examinations...
In other words, even if a family of nobles wants a large number of children to enter university, most of them can only take the exam on their own - after all, there are many young children from the great aristocratic families, and a thousand-stone official can only recommend a few every year. Unless they are direct descendants or direct descendants of the family, they will not be able to get a place at all.
As for the county school, many of the great aristocratic families actually looked down upon it. Now they are more proactive and most of them still want to send people to "learn from its strengths and make up for its weaknesses" and then update their own family schools.
This is an old tradition that has been developed over hundreds and thousands of years, and it is not easy to change the concept.
Indeed, there is still a long way to go for rural and county schools to surpass "family schools".
However, universities are of a different nature. Most of them are truly practical and have regional characteristics ...
In places where there are many papermaking workshops, the county school will have a lot of papermaking-related content - they will not teach you the first-line pulping, but the various chemical fields involved.
In places with many smelting workshops, the county school focuses on various metal smelting principles and metal properties; in places where large-scale livelihood projects are located, bridge design and water conservancy design will be taught; in large agricultural areas where group farming is carried out, such as Poyang University, the focus is on farming knowledge, such as seedling cultivation, Shennong Essence ratio knowledge, etc.
Of course, due to the limited number of "professors", only the top universities have true "masters" in various fields, and most of them are "professors" sent by the Ministry of Industry. As for most other universities of this type, they still read from textbooks and rely entirely on talent.
On the contrary, universities that are good at accounting statistics, criminal law analysis, interpretation of classics, human resource planning, etc., and focus on the imperial examination subjects, not only have richer teaching resources, but are also more popular...
After all, these are the directions in which "literati" are most likely to transform, and they are obviously related to "entering an official position". With the emergence of the imperial examination system, academic examinations were gradually taken seriously by the State of Chu.
Pang Tong's intention was to transfer the "replenishment personnel" of the Ministry of Works to academic examinations or universities instead of mixing them up with the imperial examinations, which would make it difficult for both the imperial examinations and the Ministry of Works.
That is to say, the Ministry of Works was placed in a position "above the university", rather than just a department of the Chu court.
Bai Tu also understood Pang Tong's intention and was discussing the matter with the six ministries...
However, after looking at the imperial examination paper, Liu Yi asked with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, my general has always wanted to emulate the powerful Chu, but... I am a little confused. I wonder if Your Majesty, the King of Chu, would be willing to condescend to explain it to me?"
"If it's about the imperial examination, feel free to ask! This will benefit future generations. If you can convince me, I will be happy to see it succeed." Bai Tu looked very righteous.
After that, the State of Chu would certainly publicize it everywhere. If there are imperial examinations in the Central Plains and the North in the future, I believe that the students who enter officialdom through them will also have seeds of gratitude towards Bai Tu in their hearts.
"The imperial examination in Chu seems... to be too focused on talent and pays little attention to moral character. It doesn't even restrict the identity of the applicants. Your Highness, the King of Chu, isn't worried that the officialdom of Chu ?" There was no sarcasm in Liu Yi's tone, but rather a look of genuine confusion, and he kept choosing his words.
"Mr. Liu, you only know one side of the story. The imperial examination of our Chu State does advocate education for all. However, the reason why Chu State dares to allow everyone to apply for the examination is the credit of the Ministry of Justice, or the risk it took... If a person who really committed a crime has not been discovered and is not wanted, and is still able to participate in the imperial examination, how can it be the fault of the imperial examination? It must be the fault of the Ministry of Justice! If there is no criminal, why do we need people to recommend him?
As for those who, after passing the imperial examination and entering the government, acted in violation of the Chu Law and the way of Chu officials, the Ministry of Personnel would investigate. If they committed treacherous acts and were not discovered, it would also be the fault of the Ministry of Personnel, not the imperial examination. The imperial examination itself was just a fair and just means of selection. "Bai Tu explained at length.
In fact, it is also because the situation in Chu is different from other regions...
The Han Dynasty was very "modest" in dealing with crimes committed by the people, because it conformed to the clan system and handed over the power of adjudication at the grassroots level to the clans themselves. As long as the case was not brought to the attention of officials, the clans would make the "minor matters" on their own.
In other words, the imperial court had no idea who the “bad guy” was.
So what do we do when we need a “good person”?
The natural thing is to find verified "good people" to recommend other "good people". This reliance on the grassroots clan system is also in line with Confucian moral values.
"Humility" is one of the principles of law. The "Chu Law" also talks about "humility", but the reform of the Ministry of Justice tried its best to take back the judicial power from the people and did not allow anyone to interfere.
Therefore, the situation in Chu was different. Chu did not ask good people to recommend each other, but to find out all the bad people...
Those who can wander around outside are either fugitives or “good people”. If there are “bad guys” who have escaped the eyes and ears of the court, it means there is something wrong with the work of the Ministry of Justice!
As for fugitives...with the household registration system in place, it is not easy to hide your identity as a fugitive in the State of Chu.
The reason why Liu Yi asked this was because Liaodong had been fooled by the "famous scholars" before.
