During this period of time, in many areas of the Han Dynasty, news about the Japanese gold and silver mines became more and more intense, and it did affect the minds of some people.
Of course, although it is a rumor, the content of this rumor is fact.
Japan has a long and narrow land area. About 75% of the country belongs to hilly and mountainous areas. There are only a small part of intermountain basins and plains, and they are scattered throughout the country.
People have always had the impression that this place is surrounded by the sea, with many volcanoes and earthquakes in the local area, frequent disasters, and a severe shortage of resources. However, it would never have been expected that Japan was once the world's largest gold producer in history. It had no shortage of gold but actually lacked copper.
In the descriptions of writers such as Marco Polo, gold and silver are everywhere in the mountains and plains of various countries, and everything from palaces to private houses are made of gold... Yuko Ikegami summarizes the Warring States Period in "The Oriho Regime and the Edo Shogunate" For an "era driven by gold and silver."
However, during this period, the imperial examinations for the Jin army finally began to take place.
The second public imperial examination of the Han Dynasty will be held in August, and will be held every three years from now on. This news has spread throughout the world more than a year ago, making scholars all over the world cheer for joy, reaching Liaodong in the north and Jiaozhou in the south. , Scholars from as far west as Liangzhou yearned for this opportunity to become an official.
The living examples are there. There were too many scholars who were admitted to the imperial examination for the first time. By this time, they had already shined. Like Yu Qian and Zhuge Liang, they could soon serve as county guards. That's all. The examples of scholars made the blood of scholars all over the world boil.
And as Jintai, the former champion in martial arts, was not only majestic on the battlefield, but also made many military exploits, and even entered the list after the military generals list was updated. This also made the warriors all over the world yearn for a long time.
The talented people in the world have been looking forward to the second imperial examination for a long time, especially more than a year ago, when the news of the second imperial examination came out, it was also spread that it would be held every three years in the future. Once, what does this mean? It means that I will form a system in the future, which makes countless poor families cheer!
As the saying goes, 'nobles inherit power, and gentry inherit culture.' Whether in the Han Dynasty or for a long time in the future, culture was in the hands of the gentry. They cultivated generations of talented children through their profound family knowledge. So that the family can continue for thousands of years.
Although the government also organized official schools, they had limited financial resources and manpower, which were far from being comparable to the profound family education. The students they trained were far inferior to the children of aristocratic families in terms of knowledge and official connections, causing them to lose in the competition.
The emergence of the imperial examination system, fair competition, and the principle of equality between the poor and the common people, but although the procedures are equal, their own qualities are not equal. In fair competition, children from poor families still cannot compete with children from aristocratic families, let alone compare with children from poor families. They are not as good as ordinary people.
But at least the emergence of the imperial examination system gave them hope and made them more likely to become officials. At least it was not like before, when many people could not even enter this threshold.
With various dreams, scholars and warriors flocked in from all directions. They have been arriving one after another more than half a year ago, crowding the hotels and restaurants in Luoyang, or staying with relatives and friends and staying in Luoyang. of folk houses.
Thousands of people entered the venue in an orderly manner. As soon as the bell rang, the invigilator was ready to start handing out the test papers.
A large number of tiger guards carried the box containing the test papers to an examiner. After the invigilators confirmed that the seal was correct, they could take out the key and take out the test papers, and then the examiner would hand them out.
In fact, how many people in the world can manipulate test papers! The Tiger Guards are Li Xiang's personal bodyguards. There is no one who can do anything from here, at least Li Xiang himself is one of them. But there are only a limited number of people who can take action in this regard!
Compared with the first imperial examination, which was relatively hasty, this second imperial examination was obviously much improved, including this question. In addition to the Four Books and Five Classics that these scholars were best at, it also included some arithmetic problems, as well as some official questions. Small practical issues during the process.
Of course, the last question is still the same one, with only two words in the world, and the rest is all up to the candidates themselves.
In fact, what these candidates don't know is that this last question has no impact on many of them at all. Whether they answer well or poorly, it doesn't matter much.
That last question was not prepared for most of them at all. After all, in the final analysis, the imperial examination selects more low-level officials. Most people may only be county magistrates in their entire lives. There are not many people who can really climb to a high position.
Therefore, for a mere county magistrate, how good or bad his answers to those questions are? In fact, if these people can answer the questions in the officer process well enough, it can become their real bonus!
And that last question was prepared for those few people, in order to identify which of these people are the real talents.
This small group of people will inevitably be the ones at the top of the imperial examination, and they will also be the group of people who will be intensively trained in the future!
To put it simply, the last question was prepared for the three people in the first class, and the people at the top of the second class. These people have the hope of entering the central government in the future.
The martial arts exam is much more exciting than the civil exam. The martial arts competition is divided into two subjects: martial arts and art of war. Of course, there is no need to say much about martial arts. This time, strong warriors appeared in large numbers in the martial arts competition. The appearance of those powerful warriors competing against each other attracted cheers from the spectators!
The art of war subject also has its own unique splendor, and it has also been improved accordingly compared to the first imperial examination.
In addition to the theoretical part, this time the imperial examination also included a simulation. Based on the results of the theoretical part, the most outstanding part is selected, and these people simulate each other on the sand table, and finally their rankings are obtained.
Especially this time, the famous generals of the Jin Army happened to be located in Luoyang, and their presence was naturally indispensable in the imperial examination. Many of them were roped in to serve as invigilators.
Many of these famous generals are the idols of those who participated in this imperial examination. These people are also the most powerful group of famous generals in the world. There are not many opportunities to gather such a concentration at one time!
The most interesting scene in the imperial examination was that after the exam was completed that day, Li Jing directly retained a candidate who participated in the art of war section of the martial arts examination and left him to go into battle in person to simulate with him.
During the day when he was working as an invigilator, Li Jing noticed this person. At that time, he was already happy with the sight of Lie Xin. From the time he used the sand table simulation, he realized that this was a good idea. Even Li Jing couldn't help but admire many of his ideas. His eyes lit up.
If this was not the case, if he was not really happy to see Xun Xin, how could Li Jing, regardless of his own image, personally go on the stage with a candidate to use the sand table to conduct military exercises after the imperial examination.
In this world, not everyone has this qualification, and not everyone has this strength!
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