Reform the imperial examination system;

Abolish the subjects of Ming Classics, and the Jinshi Department will take the examination of Confucian Classics and current affairs, and set up the Ming Law Department.

Wang Anshi believes that "if you want morality, you need to build a school. If you want to build a school, the law of tribute cannot be changed." In the third year of Xining (1070), in March, he was a scholar in palace examination, giving up the three subjects of poetry, fu and theory and trying current affairs. In the fourth year of Xining (107 1), the imperial examination system was reformed, the old system of selecting scholars with empty and flashy poems was abolished, and the Spring and Autumn Annals and Three Biographies of Ming Classics were restored. That is to say, candidates are required to contact the current reality and participate in the examination of Confucian classics theory. There is also a "Faminco". This puts the foothold of the imperial examination on the balance of selecting people who have the ambition to save the world and the ability to learn, thus expanding the number of candidates and replacing the old officials who opposed the reform with a large number of new people.