It can be said that all the measures taken in this time's imperial examination reform are beneficial to students from poor families.

Although it has just begun to be implemented, proportionally speaking, the admission rate for the children of distinguished families may still be relatively high.

But as long as this set of reforms continues to be implemented, it will surely gradually overthrow the monopoly of noble families.

The imperial examination will be held every two years, which is good news for students living far away from home.

Especially for students from poor families, it may take about a year for them to come to Chang'an.

This is a great test for both financial resources and physical fitness.

Now that the test has been changed to once every two years, students from disadvantaged backgrounds have enough time to prepare for the test.

The abolition of the recommendation system and the examination of the civil servants, and the replacement of the palace examination by the emperor, not only enhanced the emperor's understanding of students, but also broke the tradition of nepotism in the civil servants!

In fact, these reforms have only one purpose, which is to create a relatively fair and just examination environment.

In the past imperial examinations, few students from poor families were recommended, except for the fact that students from poor families had very few talents.

Another reason is that students from poor families have no chance to contact officials, which greatly dampens the enthusiasm of students from poor families to study.

After all, before this, the examiners had too much power, and the examiners were all officials from aristocratic families.

These examiners will admit whoever they like or who has come from a well-known family.

But now, the names of the candidates are directly affixed, and finally the emperor personally conducts the palace examination, which reduces the chance of favoritism and fraud.

Everyone can be on the same starting line, which improves the enthusiasm of disadvantaged students in learning.

How can these series of reforms not make those from poorer families ecstatic?

Yang Fan, who presided over the reform of the imperial examination, was pushed to the forefront.

The emperor was even regarded as a mentor by countless students from poor families, while some aristocratic families cursed Li Er endlessly.

This is simply too much to deceive. The emperor is trying to take advantage of the aristocratic family, and is trying to get rid of the Peerless family's retreat.

The Five Surnames and Qiwang are some of the most powerful aristocratic families in this era, and there are countless other large and small aristocratic families.

As representatives of the aristocratic families, the Cui family of Qinghe, the Cui family of Boling, the Li family of Longxi, the Li family of Zhaojun, the Lu family of Fanyang, the Zheng family of Xingyang, and the Wang family of Taiyuan... these seven aristocratic families all have a history of thousands of years.

Even though the Central Plains dynasty has changed for countless generations, these aristocratic families are still standing, which shows their strength.

The most important thing is that these aristocratic families intermarry with each other and have such intricate relationships that they even dare not take the royal family seriously.

His Majesty Li Er once wanted Prince Li Chengqian to marry the Cui family's legitimate daughter, but was flatly rejected by the Cui family. This also strengthened His Majesty Li Er's determination to weaken the family's power.

It turned out that these aristocratic families looked down on Li Er, who was of Hu origin, but now they felt the danger from this imperial examination reform.

There are five surnames and seven Wangs, and the family's ancestral land is scattered in various places, but each of their families has a large property in Chang'an City, and has an important direct descendant in the family.

Their mission is to always pay attention to the trends in the court, so that when something unexpected happens, everyone can communicate in a timely manner and formulate the best response plan.

After the decree on the reform of the imperial examination was issued, all the major families except the Li family took notice and immediately sat down together to discuss countermeasures.

The place where they gathered this time was in a courtyard of Cui Mansion, and Cui Yonghui was also the leader of this incident.

At this time, Cui Yonghui, who was sitting in the main seat, said: "The emperor's skills are really good. This reform of the imperial examination is clearly aimed at our family."

"The emperor is obviously going to destroy the foundation of our family. We must find a way quickly."

Wang Lun of Taiyuan continued: "Yes, only the children of our aristocratic family, most of whom are officials in the court, can control the situation."

"Once a child from a poor family is allowed to control the court, then the emperor will no longer have any scruples, and our family will probably be in danger."

Lu Benwei sighed: "Now that the imperial list has been posted, what can we do about it?"

"If you dare to openly oppose them, you will definitely arouse the anger of those mud-legged people. Although we are not afraid of them, we cannot turn a blind eye."

"If these ignorant people are used by the emperor, they will also be a serious problem for us."
Chapter completed!