Chapter 610: Hundred Schools of Thought Debate Conference (I)

On March 14, the 32nd year of Huaxia, the snow in Huacheng began to melt, which was about ten days earlier than last year.

This year, the number of people recruited by the various departments of the State Council and the Collegial Council has increased several times compared to last year. Many young people are preparing for this year's exam. The examination system for recruiting officials in Huaxia is already very mature. Now there are five main types of exams in Huaxia.

The first is to hold important positions in the country. The three cabinets and three academies will list the examination standards, such as how many years of work in what position, what realm, and what identity requirements are required. Only after meeting these standards will they start the written test, interview, and speech to explain their governing philosophy. After passing through layers of screening, they will finally be hired.

The annual salary of officials above the deputy minister starts at at least 2,000 gold, which is enough to support the expenses of a ninth-grade family. Therefore, these positions are very attractive to all those below the foundation-building realm in Huaxia.

The second type of exam is the annual college exam. These students are strictly assessed and have excellent political, ideological, ability, and qualifications. They are basically recruited by various departments.

The third type is the examination held by each academy. Everyone can participate. Each academy holds it once a year. Most of the recruited members are sent to the county and fort as the bottom-level leaders after two years of training in the county city. They are the most important part of the officials of Huaxia.

Most of the fourth type of examinations do not require cultivation. They are the lowest-level staff of each department, acting as the smallest cell leading the society forward in Huaxia, and are the easiest for ordinary people to pass.

The last type of examination should be regarded as a special talent assessment. For example, the children of the royal family and the big family need to be assessed and settled once a year. If the results are excellent, they can be promoted again soon. If they fail, they will be eliminated directly, and they will not be able to work in the government department in the future.

The princes and princesses of Huaxia will take this kind of examination when they become adults. This kind of examination in Huaxia is often more intense and important than the other four examinations, because those who can be identified as special talents are at least the heirs of the Jindan family.

This system was reached after many discussions in the House of Representatives. The strength of the princes, princesses and sons of great aristocratic families is much stronger than that of ordinary people. They are also the core of the future country. They cannot use time to slowly advance like ordinary people. Absolute fairness is sometimes unfair. Only when the aristocratic families have privileges can they lead the whole world to develop rapidly, and ordinary people can have more and fairer competition opportunities. This has long been a consensus in China.

After Hua Kai completed the second calamity of the myth, he began to modify its subtle parts. On this day, he entered the [Family Secret Realm Space] to listen to this year's fiscal budget. Now China's annual national income has reached 60,000 purple gold coins, of which 18,000 purple gold coins are used for the Military Affairs Council, and 11,000 purple gold coins are used for pavilions and militia training. All standing corps and elite corps spend less than 7,000 purple gold coins, which are still decreasing in recent years.

The largest part of Huaxia's expenditure is still education and basic livelihood security. This year, an additional part of the budget will be used for the construction of Qin's regional railroad. Children's education has now become the biggest burden for Huaxia. Many people have proposed to reduce children's education and subsidy expenditures, but they have all been rejected by Hua Kai.

The cultivation of children in education for more than 30 years has become the most important factor supporting the rapid development of the country in Huaxia. In recent years, the proportion of people with qualifications below f+ in Huaxia has dropped to less than 1%. Most of the young people's qualifications are between e- and c+. The proportion of people with qualifications above b- has increased more than ten times compared with fifty years ago, and the number of people with qualifications above s- is increasing.

Huaxia is still working hard to accumulate energy. Hua Kai strives to guide domestic ideological education, promote the four major ideas of love, loyalty, righteousness, and enlightenment in the four sacred scriptures, and increase the cohesion of the entire country.

In the meeting, Xue Chen proposed to immigrate 200,000 people to Java Island this year to completely control the entire Java Island, and there will be 5 million immigrants to Xiandao County to vigorously develop Xiandao County and Ryukyu Island.

Hua Kai agreed to the other party's proposal, but still pointed out that the development of the Central Plains has just begun. The establishment of the pavilion is the key to the future development of China. The people must go out of the city, and the East Land Shenzhou can truly usher in an unprecedented prosperity.

In May, all parts of the Central Plains were discussing the situation of the debate conference of the Hundred Schools of Thought. It was rumored that the conference would be hosted by Hua Kai himself, and he would have a big surprise to share with everyone after the conference. For a time, everyone began to gather in Xiacheng. Xiacheng has begun to restrict entry into the city. Only students who are not Xiacheng people can enter.

The Hundred Schools Academy can only accommodate scholars who are above the Hundred Schools of Thought. Students can only find their own residence in the city. Xiacheng still has two months before the debate conference begins. The house price has increased by more than ten times. The State Council has to take action to build a large temporary residential area outside the city, which makes the city less crowded.

The arrival of a large number of students has made the major newspapers in Xiacheng more active. Every day, the major newspapers put forward various theories for discussion. Some giants and even saints are praised among everyone, and the academic atmosphere is better than ever before.

At the end of May, Taoist Laozi was invited to the Hundred Schools Academy in Xiacheng. Xiacheng soon became popular with Taoism, because Taoism is the oldest school among all schools of thought and the foundation of many schools.

The arrival of the Mohist, Legalist, Yin-Yang School, and Famous School, which had not appeared for a hundred years, made many people crazy. They have been studying the masterpieces of these masters. Today, they can see the authors of the masterpieces because of the Hundred Schools Debate Conference, which is conducive to the progress of their academic theories.

According to incomplete statistics, from the beginning of March to the beginning of September, the population of Xiacheng increased by more than 1.7 million, the population outside the city increased by 2 million, and the population of the entire Xiacheng was close to 5 million, of which more than 2 million were scholars of the Hundred Schools.

On this day in the Confucian Academy, several people in a courtyard were sitting together to discuss whether some Confucian ideas should be abandoned, because as China entered the imperial era, more and more Confucian ideas were no longer practical.

"Seven saints and 16 sub-sages have recently arrived at the Hundred Schools Academy, because everyone knows that the Holy Lord invited all the academic giants, and everyone must have something important to announce." Confucius said.

"Based on my understanding of the Holy Lord, he will definitely not abolish the Hundred Schools, otherwise he would not allow the Hundred Schools Academy to develop to its current size.

The problems in many of the great works of the Hundred Schools of Thought are contrary to the entire theory of the development of the family, and it has reached the point where it must be corrected. Moreover, the Holy Lord has only produced a saint in the Central Plains in so many years, which is enough to show that our Hundred Schools of Thought must make major changes to adapt to social development. I guess the Holy Lord's purpose is here." Zeng Shen said.

"Confucianism is now one of the largest schools in the world. Although the family is prosperous, it is out of touch with reality. We must correct the academic errors as soon as possible so that Confucianism can be more competitive." Meng Yasheng said.

"The Lord wants us to participate in the debate, which must be a stage for us to promote our own academic knowledge. So we must sort out our academic ideas, win the next debate, cultivate more qualified disciples, seize this opportunity, and try to let them improve their thoughts through this conference, and be promoted to great men or even saints. You two should also prepare well to see if you can take the last step this time." Confucius said.

Although Confucius is no longer the strongest among the saints, he is the first saint of Confucianism. Meng Yasheng and Xu Yasheng bowed to show that they understood.

At this time, a great man came over with a book in his hand and came to Zeng Shen Saint and handed it to him.

Now Zeng Shen Saint, as the dean of the Confucian Academy, manages all Confucian scholars in the Hundred Schools Academy. Any changes in Confucian academics are also based on his explanation.

"Teacher, Yan Sheng! The Holy Lord has decided on the topic of the debate. There are 249 topics in total. All schools can sign up. The last 300 people will enter the second round of debate. The great masters can not participate in the first debate.

The second round will decide the top 100. The saints can not participate in the second debate. The third debate will decide the top 20.

The fourth round is the final debate. Everyone will randomly participate in three debates, and the top 20 will be ranked according to the votes of all the audience." Zeng Shen said.

"What is the topic of the debate?" Confucius asked.

"It's all here!" Zeng Shen said and handed a booklet to Confucius.

Confucius took it and read it carefully. After a while, his brows frowned.

"Teacher, how is it?" Yan Sheng asked.

Now there are three saints in one school, which is unmatched among the hundreds of schools. They are full of confidence in the next debate and regard this debate conference as an opportunity for the rise of Confucianism. Although the school is powerful, this kind of debate cannot be compared with the schools of Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Legalism, Names, and Yin and Yang.

"Read it yourself!" Confucius handed the book to Yan Sheng, and soon his brows furrowed.

"The heart of this saint is hard to predict, and I don't know how he came up with these questions. This requires a very high level of comprehensive theory. This debate is interesting!" Yan Sheng said.

Meng Yasheng took the book and saw that the entire debate was divided into six categories. The first part was the ideological debate, which was what the Hundred Schools were best at. The higher the level of cultivation in consciousness, willpower, and true qi, the deeper the understanding, but many of the questions here were things they had never thought of before.

For example, which is more important, consciousness or practice, materialism debate, learning and knowing, etc., all of which require a huge amount of knowledge as a foundation.

The second is a common sense debate, such as why there are spring, summer, autumn, and winter, why there is night, and why the sun rises from the east. These ancient topics can test a person's understanding and knowledge.

The third part is a debate on some issues in Huaxia. Huaxia often has some issues that have been discussed many times but have no results, such as whether the birth of low-qualified people should be restricted, whether all monsters should be wiped out, and whether the royal family has too many or too few privileges.

There is nothing that cannot be said and discussed. Each school can solve the problems in Huaxia based on its own academic understanding, which is also the main reason for the existence of the Hundred Schools of Thought.