Chapter 41 Dream into the God Machine
"My grandson believes that the current imperial examination system is not mature and has many drawbacks."

"As far as I know, the confidentiality of the imperial examination papers is very poor. The examiner can tell who wrote the paper at a glance. And I'm sure you have heard about the current trend. Some candidates submit their papers to the rich and powerful to seek help."

"In order to prevent the examiner from favoring certain people during the examination, a system of covering names should be adopted."

Li Xiang said seriously.

"Unnamed?"

Li Shimin sat up straight at once, as if he had grasped something from Li Xiang's words.

"The so-called name-covering means covering up all the places where the candidates' names are written on the test papers to prevent examiners from showing favoritism."

"Wonderful!"

Li Shimin immediately thought of the benefits of this method, and he looked at Li Xiang with admiration.

"Does Grandfather still look at his grandson as an ordinary child?"

Today, Li Xiang must avenge himself on Li Shimin's contempt.

Only my aunt can look after me!
"Okay, it's Uncle's fault..."

Li Shimin immediately changed his attitude and praised him in his heart for being worthy of being my grandson.

As for Li Xiang's little temper, it was also very cute in his eyes.

Isn't it normal for capable people to have a bit of temper?
Since Li Shimin's attitude was so good, Li Xiang decided to be magnanimous.

"Then let's talk about the second point."

Li Shimin was stunned. He thought it was great that Li Xiang could come up with a system of anonymous names, but he never expected that there would be something more behind it?
"The second method is to select a third-party official to transcribe the test papers. This will prevent the examiner from judging the identity of the examinee based on the handwriting, and will also minimize the possibility of the examinee making marks on the test paper."

"it is good!"

Li Shimin slapped the table and praised: "Xiang'er's method can be said to have cut off the examiners' way of cheating for personal gain!"

"If you have made a contribution, you deserve a reward. Xiang'er has made a contribution by giving you a suggestion. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

Unexpectedly, Li Xiang looked at Li Shimin with a puzzled look, and said innocently: "Aunt, let's talk about the reward later, I haven't finished yet..."

Li Shimin:?

No, there are other experts?
"The above two methods have limited restrictions on aristocratic families. There is another method that my grandson believes is a killer weapon against aristocratic families!"

Li Xiang was in high spirits and spoke confidently.

"Say it quickly!"

Li Shimin urged Li Xiang to speak quickly, this grandson had given him many surprises today... many, many.

Li Xiang smiled slightly: "The quota will be allocated according to the region!"

"Allocate quotas according to regions..." Li Shimin repeated.

After chewing it carefully, he seemed to understand what Li Xiang meant.

Old Li couldn't help but tremble.

"Now that the country is divided into ten regions, it would be better to divide it into fifteen or twenty regions, and allocate admission quotas in proportion to the number of households in each region."

"Before taking the exam, candidates must strictly report their place of origin. Those who have moved within three years can only take the imperial examination at their original place of residence. For example, a distant disciple of the Cui family of Boling is only allowed to apply for the exam with the place of residence of the Cui family of Boling as his place of residence."

Li Xiang said this and added: "Perhaps Aung can classify all the five surnames and seven clans into the same category..."

"How can you do that, kid?" Li Shimin pointed at him with a smile. "I don't intend to completely break up with the aristocratic families. There's no need to be so drastic."

"It's my grandson Meng Lang." Li Xiang scratched his head and chuckled, "In fact, the examination can be further divided into different levels. For example, each county magistrate can organize an examination on his own every year, and the people selected are called Tongsheng. Then the governor of each state organizes a Tongsheng examination, and those who pass are called Xiucai. Then the supervisory censor of each road organizes a road examination, and those who pass are called Juren."

"In addition, we can set up academies in counties and states, and unify the courses and exam contents to force the children of aristocratic families to leave their hometowns and move to the cities."

"Only after obtaining the status of Juren can one be eligible to take part in the imperial examination in the capital. - My grandson suggests that you can cut out other subjects and only choose Jinshi or Mingjing subjects. Those who pass are called Gongshi. After the imperial examination, a palace examination will be held hosted by you. You will personally select the learned people, and those who pass will be called Jinshi..." "In this way, won't all those who pass the palace examination become disciples of the emperor?" Li Xiang's tone was persuasive.

Li Shimin's eyes became brighter and brighter, and when he finally heard the word "the emperor's disciple", he couldn't help but be shaken.

"Yes, yes! Yes!"

Li Shimin said three good words in a row. This eldest grandson really gave him too many surprises today.

"Did you come up with all this yourself?" he asked again.

Li Xiang scratched his head and said "honestly": "Actually, it was my grandson who dreamed about it..."

"Dream about it?"

Li Shimin looked like he was saying, "Are you kidding me?" Why can't I have a dream about him?

"Yes, someone taught me in my dream."

Li Xiang the little elephant spread his hands.

In this era, even the emperor was very superstitious. The system Li Xiang mentioned was clear and even extremely mature, which made people think in this direction.

"The person in the dream is teaching? What does he look like?" Old Li asked anxiously.

"I can't remember clearly, but I remember that his earlobes were very big, and because I wanted to touch them, he beat me up..."

"hiss……"

Li Shimin couldn't help but take a breath.

Big earlobes?

As we all know, there was a man named Li Er, also known as Lao Dan, and respectfully called Laozi.

Dan means a person with very large earlobes.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin's body trembled.

Could it be... my Holy Ancestor Emperor?
Could it be that I, Li Er, am really the ancestor of the Li family?

"Then what else did he teach you?" Li Shimin, who had already finished competing in his mind, asked hurriedly.

Li Xiang scratched his head shyly and said, "I can't remember anything. I can only recall some of them when I encounter related questions. That person thought I was lazy and left in anger halfway through teaching..."

"You...you kid..."

Li Shimin felt uncomfortable.

With such a great opportunity, you are being lazy?!

I'm so angry, I really want to beat him up!
But at the same time, he couldn't help wondering, could it be that someone taught him to say that? Who? The prince? Wei Zheng? Or Xiao Yu?

But it doesn’t make sense. Whoever came up with this kind of mature system would not easily give the credit to someone else.

Li Shimin suppressed his doubts, stroked his beard, and asked with a smile: "Xiang'er, your suggestion is meritorious, what reward do you want?"

"It is my grandson's responsibility to share my grandfather's worries." Li Xiang said modestly that he did not dare to take credit for it.

"If the old man really wants to reward his grandson, his grandson only asks for harmony among his family."

After hearing Li Xiang's words, Li Shimin was even more satisfied.

This grandson... is so filial.

"I know you are filial, but meritorious service should be rewarded, and faults should be punished. How can rewards and punishments not be clear? Tell me now."

Since Li Shimin said so, Li Xiang didn't intend to be polite to him.

(End of this chapter)