During the recent period, while the two long history offices of Dongyi Kingdom were preparing for the imperial examination, other administrative tasks also continued.
Now the two Changshi Mansion of Dongyi Kingdom have completed the work of taking over all the counties and larger villages and towns in their area.
The retraining and reorganization of the original militia has also begun to bear fruit.
Now the ordinary garrison troops in the counties and residential areas of Dongyi Kingdom have basically been replaced by new militiamen with veterans from the Ming Dynasty serving as officers.
At the same time, the main army troops, mainly Ming and Yin people, were guarding Lin County and Weixian County respectively.
As for the Ming Dynasty's naval forces, they are still all Ming people. Non-local citizens of the Ming Dynasty are not eligible to join the Ming Dynasty navy.
The Ming Navy is currently the highest-status military force.
However, during this process, various problems gradually emerged.
Compared with other areas of Dongyi Kingdom, the biggest problem in Lin County is that there are more wealthy people, and there are many people looking for people with assets of more than 10,000 silver coins.
Compared with Lin County, other areas have too many people owning large amounts of land, and there are quite a few farmers operating farms.
Moreover, there are still a large number of Mo slaves throughout the Dongyi Kingdom.
Although it belongs to the northern region of the United States, slavery is also prevalent here.
Not only were there slave laborers in factories and farms, but there were also a large number of domestic slaves serving white people.
According to the policy of the Dongyi Kingdom, the original residents were allowed to retain property worth ten thousand silver coins and an area of land that the family could cultivate by themselves. There were also limits on the number of houses and slaves.
Those exceeding the limit will be confiscated.
The prerequisite for this confiscation is to re-register the household registration and check and confirm the amount of property.
After the inspection is completed, residents are allowed to continue to acquire more wealth, but they will have to pay a heavy tax of more than 50%.
But this re-registration and checking and confirmation takes time.
It also requires a lot of manpower, including translators and soldiers.
Before the asset confirmation is completed, those assets that definitely exceed the standard have been trying to transfer, sell off, or hide them.
So far, Liu Ruizhi has received reports.
At first, some people tried to hire a large number of people to take out valuables such as cash, gold, silver, and artwork.
The Changshi Mansion restricted ordinary personnel from leaving the country and prohibited anyone from leaving Changdao until an inventory of assets was completed.
So some people started smuggling, using boats to carry valuables across the river to New York.
The Changshi Mansion arranged for the navy to patrol around Changdao and specially arranged the army fleet to patrol along the coastline.
The smuggling boat was immediately taken under control, and all personnel on board were shot dead on the spot without entering into any trial process.
The Ming Dynasty's navy and army would not show any mercy to these Western barbarians.
Behavior that clearly violates the regulations of the Changshi Mansion and the will of the Dongyi Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty is absolutely not allowed.
After a series of thunderous strikes, many smuggling ships and property were confiscated, and hundreds of smugglers were shot to death on the spot, no one dared to risk smuggling anymore.
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But this does not mean that these rich people can directly accept their fate.
They began to think of ways to hide their wealth.
Dig holes in your yard, on your own estate, or even in the wild to bury high-value assets.
Some people even wrapped things up and sank them into the waters of bay lakes and bays.
At the same time, properties and land will be sold, and the wealth gained will be hidden in this way.
Prepare to wait until the review and registration is completed, then slowly dig it out and use the new income as a cover.
Therefore, the Changshi Mansion made a special announcement that, except for funerary objects, any items that have not been registered and confirmed after they are dug out of the ground or fished out of the water belong to the owner of the country, that is, the Ming Emperor.
But some people still do it.
What they were betting on was that Chang Shifu couldn't catch them when they dug them out.
These things gave Liu Ruizhi a slight headache, but he did not remain too bothered.
Nothing can be perfect, especially when it comes to confiscating other people's money.
At present, the situation in the entire Changdao is basically under control. Let them bury those things.
If people are really forced to have no way out, then we have to worry about someone going to extremes.
As time passed, the day of the imperial examination finally arrived.
On June 6, the first year of Ankang in the Ming Dynasty, the first imperial examination of the Dongyi Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty officially began.
Gauss has been reviewing for more than half a month. Today he wore the simplest clothes and went to the examination room with a pen.
According to the previous explanation, there are three rounds of this kind of imperial examination, namely the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination.
The names are exactly the same as before the Chongzhen Dynasty, but the content of each exam is completely different from before.
The three examinations directly cover the areas from primary school to secondary school, secondary school to university, and the civil service examination.
The first round of examinations is called the county examination and is held in each county.
Unlike the Ming Dynasty and other old vassal states, Dongyi Kingdom does not have a specially built standard examination room.
Lin County accepts candidates from all over the world and has the largest number of candidates.
Even during the process of disembarking, all those who could not understand Daming Yayan and could not speak it were blocked out.
However, the number of foreign candidates who rushed to Lin County was still nearly 30,000.
Liu Ruizhi simply asked the soldiers to maintain order and encircle the Lin County Municipal Square, stadium, etc.
A large number of seats were requisitioned from the private sector and the examination was conducted directly outdoors.
Fortunately, the current exam time has also been shortened, and the first round of exams can be completed within one day.
Gauss's examination location was arranged in the Municipal Square.
After taking his ID and admission number and being inspected by the soldiers, he found his seat and sat down.
After waiting for half an hour, a bell rang and the soldiers in the examination room began to hand out papers.
When Gauss received his test paper, he first smelled the smell of ink, which was printed with movable lead type like newspapers.
I took a look at the text on the top:
Chinese language test, the first session, basic ability test, full score of 100 points, test time is 90 minutes.
The types of questions are also very simple, similar to later Chinese language test papers, but the questions are larger.
Look at the pinyin words, write words according to the requirements, and write idioms according to the descriptions...
Explain words, idioms, classic poetry articles, silently write classic poetry articles and reading comprehension, etc...
The first test was all about basic knowledge, and it was not a difficult test for Gauss.
After the first session, there was a 20-minute intermission, and the second test, a writing ability test, began immediately.
The full score is also one hundred points, but the test time becomes one hundred and twenty minutes.
You are required to write an application, write a report, write a telegram, write a letter, and finally write an essay in the form of reading notes.
In the afternoon, I took the math and science exams, and the scores for both subjects were 100. The two subjects cost as much as Chinese.
Mathematics is naturally easy to understand, while science is basic scientific knowledge including astronomy and geography.
The Gaussian exam was over, and when I came out of the exam room, I felt a little uneasy.
It’s not that I didn’t do well in the exam, but that I did very well.
Those questions were not difficult for him at all, and Gauss felt that he could even get a perfect score.
Therefore, Gauss was worried that the test questions were too simple and the gap between candidates would not be widened.
What if the Dongyi Kingdom was prepared to let a thousand people go in the first round, but all of them got perfect scores?
Do you write it yourself in the pronunciation order of the name, or the stroke order of the surname, or simply extract it at any time?
However, most of the other candidates around him did not have Gauss's worries, and most of them were in a jubilant state.
They got together in twos and threes and had some excited discussions. They all felt that their scores must be very good and they would definitely pass.
Gauss was in a very complicated mood and had no intention of going out to play. When he returned to his residence, he began to review and prepare for the next round of exams.
After the first round of exams, Chang Shifu corrected the test papers, determined the number of people who passed the exam, and announced the results half a month later.
Lists and results of candidates who passed the first round of examinations were posted around several major examination centers at the same time.
It was also printed with lead type ink, and several sheets were printed at the same time, so it could be posted in multiple places at the same time.
A total of 30,000 candidates do not need to be crowded together. It will take several days to look at the list, and there may even be an accident.
After waiting for half a month, Gauss came to the Municipal Square again.
The situation at the scene can be regarded as a sea of people, but it is not completely impossible to walk.
Gauss worked his way to the front row, starting from the middle of the list and looking forward.
Finally, I found my name in a large list of perfect scores.
Although Gauss had been mentally prepared for a long time, the questions in those exams were not difficult for him. Now that he was sure that he had passed the first round of exams, he was relieved.
But some people are happy and some are sad. The entire square around Gauss is full of complaints.
"There are more than 30,000 candidates in the Lin County examination center, but only 3,000 were admitted, which is a one-tenth admission rate."
"This is just the first round of exams. There are two more rounds to come. How many people will be screened out in the end!"
"The last person admitted has a score of at least 350 points. This score is too outrageous..."
But there were also people among the crowd, taunting them crazily from time to time.
"What's the problem with the one-tenth admission rate? Do you think Dongyi Country has to admit thousands of students?"
"No one thinks that a score of 350 points is very high, right? This kind of exam is for Daming Primary School to enter middle school. What kind of shame does it have to shout here if you can't get full marks?"
"Those who have been eliminated should leave quickly. Don't stay in Lin County where people are crowded. Please free up the room for us."
Gauss has a relatively introverted and conservative personality. After confirming that he has passed the exam, he is not in the mood to listen to other people's nonsense.
I searched for the three roommates I lived with and found one of my companions' names on the list. However, the names of the other two roommates did not appear, so they could only be considered failed.
Gauss sighed softly, wrote down this information and squeezed out of the crowd again.
