(2) Restrain fluky psychology, that is, limit the way to be an official and promote by fluky psychology. At that time, senior officials recommended their children to be officials in Beijing every year. An official with a bachelor degree or above, 20 years later, a family.
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There are 20 descendants as Beijing officials. Entering the imperial court one after another in this way not only increased the state expenditure, but also these dude boys did not do their proper work, only knew how to cover up each other, form gangs and seek personal gain. For the sake of national political clarity and reducing financial expenditure, the privileges of senior officials should be restricted and their children should not be allowed to hold important positions in hotels.
(3) Fine tribute, that is, strict tribute system. In order to cultivate people with real talent and practical learning, we must first reform the contents of the imperial examination, change the original Jinshi branch from focusing only on poetry and fu to focusing on strategy, and change the Mingjing branch from only requiring words and phrases to stating the significance and truth of Confucian classics. Only in this way can students be truly talented and practical, and they can truly seek truth.
(4) Selection of the Chief Executive. In view of the fact that incompetent officials at the state and county levels were nine times out of ten at that time, Fan Zhongyan suggested that the court send competent people to various places (supervision and finance departments at or above the Northern Song Dynasty) to check local political achievements, reward competent personnel and recall incompetent personnel; The selection of local officials should be carefully recommended and reviewed to prevent redundancy.