novelden Chapter 197 Civil Service Recruitment Examination
Chapter 197 Civil Service Recruitment Examination
What Mao Wenlong said was "service" rather than "cooperation"!
The difference between these two words makes the meaning completely different!
The so-called "service" means obedience and submission.
In this way, the relationship between the two parties becomes one of superiors and subordinates, rather than a "cooperative" relationship of equal treatment.
Sun Chuanting was not at all surprised by this.
After all, they have lived in a feudal society for a long time, so how could they have the concept that "all men are created equal"?
It is said that the military strategist wants to join forces with Mao Wenlong.
The talented people under the military strategist's command should serve Mao Wenlong wholeheartedly.
This is a matter of course and nothing surprising.
So Sun Chuanting simply nodded.
Mao Wenlong then asked: "Besides you, who are the other contemporary descendants of the military strategist?"
Sun Chuanting: "There are also Lu Xiangsheng, Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong, and Cao Wenzhao."
Mao Wenlong heard it.
I just exclaimed in my heart, what a great guy.
A famous and fierce general in the late Ming Dynasty.
The descendants of military strategists account for about half!
And this should only be part of it. It is impossible for others to reveal all their cards.
These are forces with a long history.
As expected, none of them is easy to deal with.
Mao Wenlong asked, "What about General Qin Liangyu? Isn't a great general like him a descendant of your military strategist?"
Sun Chuanting: "General Qin Liangyu is indeed a talented general, but she is a woman, and this alone makes it impossible for her to join us..."
Women had no status in ancient times.
Many skills are passed down to men, not women.
It is normal that military strategists do not accept women.
Mao Wenlong was not surprised by what Sun Chuanting said.
Mao Wenlong then asked: "Lu Xiangsheng, Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong, Cao Wenzhao and others are still generals of the Ming Dynasty.
Since you intend to serve me, what will these generals do? Will they lead their troops to surrender to me directly? "
Sun Chuanting: "It is not appropriate to surrender directly, considering the various magical weapons you have, and the powerful combat effectiveness of your troops.
In fact, there is no need for them to surrender. It is very easy to capture them."
Mao Wenlong: "That's true. I think they are all rare talents, so I won't kill them easily.
Otherwise, troops using cold weapons, no matter how powerful the generals leading them are, will be equally vulnerable to us!"
Sun Chuanting: "So I am your subordinate now. What plans does your prince have for me? When can I go to the front line?"
Mao Wenlong: "There is no rush to go to the front line. There are a group of new soldiers being trained in the barracks outside the city. You can go to the barracks first to familiarize yourself with them.
Once this batch of new recruits have been trained, we will assign you tasks."
Sun Chuanting: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty."
Mao Wenlong: "By the way, I heard that your cousin Sun Chuanwen is also a talented person. Ask him if he is willing to work for me?"
Sun Chuanting: "I thank the prince on behalf of my brother."
Mao Wenlong: "You're welcome. Right now, we have a lot of work to do and we need people. If you know any reliable talents, you can recommend them to me."
Sun Chuanting shook his head: "Except for a few people like Wang Huazhen, it's better not to mention the civil servants in the Ming Dynasty!"
Mao Wenlong: "Well! I shouldn't have expected anything from them!
Go down and rest for a while, I will have someone take you to the barracks tomorrow..."
Sun Chuanting: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave..."
……
After Sun Chuanting left.
Mao Wenlong began to ponder again.
Mao Wenlong now has many generals under his command.
In terms of military generals, there are already more than a dozen great generals, plus Sun Chuanting and others.
There is no shortage of talented military generals.
But when it comes to civil servants, there is a huge gap.
There is currently no one who can take the lead.
Various cumbersome government affairs.
It is mainly the Chief of Staff and his men who are handling it.
However, among the civil servants of this era, there are really few reliable talents who can get practical work done!
As a result, Mao Wenlong couldn't find a place to poach talents even though he wanted to!
After Mao Wenlong and his men moved to the capital.
The call for holding an imperial examination to recruit scholars has already been heard.
There are many readers.
I can't wait to pass the imperial examination to share the vacant official position under Wang Wenlong!
If we were to hold the imperial examination, that would be impossible.
——At least in terms of the content of the exam, major changes must be made.
Think of this.
Mao Wenlong sat there alone, writing and drawing.
Begin preliminary design of exam content and plan.
Mao Wenlong referred to the later entrance examinations and civil service examinations.
The content that needs to be tested is divided into several parts.
The first is writing skills, which tests literacy and reading comprehension abilities.
The second is simple math and application problems. No matter if you are an official or a clerk, you can't be unable to do the math, right?
How can we serve the people if that’s the case?
Not only will you fail to get things done, but you might even get yourself into trouble!
The third is case analysis, which refers to the essay of the civil service examination and provides various cases to test the examinee's ability to analyze and solve problems.
As for Confucianism.
There was not even a shadow of it...
After coming up with the basic plan.
Mao Wenlong called the chief of staff and his cousin Shen Xibi.
I'd like to hear their opinions...
……
Chief of Staff and Shen Xibi.
After reading Mao Wenlong’s preliminary plan.
That is simply stunning!
Shen Xibi exclaimed: "Your Majesty is so talented, this plan is really great, the talents selected in this way will at least not be too bad at doing things!
In addition, as long as we do a good job of supervision and prevent corruption, bribery, and forming cliques for personal gain, then the administration of officials will surely be clean and honest!"
Although Shen Xibi is Mao Wenlong's cousin.
But now the two are in a superior-subordinate relationship.
And at the beginning, Mao Wenlong didn't like Shen Xibi very much.
So in formal occasions.
Shen Xibi didn't dare to call Mao Wenlong his cousin...
Mao Wenlong: "I agree with the first half, but as for the second half, it's because you don't understand human nature well enough!
No matter what kind of system it is, after a while, people will find loopholes and defects in it and then exploit them.
In the final analysis, all these affairs are inseparable from people, and they all need people to operate and execute them. And human hearts and human nature are the most vulnerable to the test! "
Shen Xibi: "Your Majesty is wise. I have learned a lot from your teachings. It is true that listening to your words is worth ten years of study!"
This statement contains elements of flattery.
Shen Xibi always speaks like this.
Mao Wenlong talked to him several times, but he never changed.
Then let him go...
The chief of staff then said, "Your plan is very feasible and the design is very clever. I think we can use it as well.
There are no other problems, except that the difficulty of the exam may need to be lowered a little.
The literacy rate here was already very low at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and during these years there was chaos, too many people died. In addition, the Ming Dynasty was still in existence, and many people were still leaning towards that side, so even fewer people were able to take the exam. "
Mao Wenlong: "According to what you said, this plan doesn't need to be changed? It's completely feasible?"
Shen Xibi: "I think it's completely feasible, let's follow the prince's plan."
Chief of Staff: "Let's do it according to this plan..."