The Sorrowmender

PAID Chapter 202

The nation has six ministries: the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Works.

Together with the Secretariat, these form the central government of Cangyue.

If the Ministry of Justice oversees national penalties and the review of criminal names, and is responsible for the legislation and adjudication of court laws, then the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the five rites—auspicious, congratulatory, military, martial, and inauspicious—while also managing national education and the imperial examinations, as well as foreign affairs.

It is equivalent to a combination of today's Ministry of Education, propaganda departments, and cultural departments.

Xu Qingzhou naturally wouldn't interfere with the ancient rites of Cangyue, as there were no practices that violated the heavenly principles and human ethics.

For example, there were no systems of live burial or sacrificial rites.

What exists is reasonable and should be respected.

Therefore, Xu Qingzhou's reforms in the Ministry of Rites were limited to the realm of education.

However, he was well aware that educational reform is not a matter that can be accomplished overnight. At least until the reform was on the right track, it was not advisable to make drastic changes.

He merely made one request: for the Ministry of Rites to announce to the world, summoning scholars and aspirants to the capital for an unprecedented imperial examination.

To select talents for the service of the nation.

"I only emphasize one point: for this examination, there will be no top scorer, no second place, no third place, nor any limit on the number of successful candidates. Instead, a passing line will be set, and anyone who passes will be employed to serve the nation."

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"All scholars of the world are welcome to take the exam, regardless of birth, to select the virtuous and employ them."

"Any questions?"

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