Qin's imperial examination system is clear at a glance.
This makes it possible for students who have been born in poverty for ten years to become officials regardless of their status, completely eliminating the monopoly of talents by powerful families.
In the first round, students will take the local college entrance examination, called the county examination.
If you pass the county examination, you will enter the state examination.
If you pass the state examination, you will have to enter Beijing, which is called the big examination.
This time is very, very important. Most of the people who can enter Beijing to take the exam are those with outstanding talents, otherwise they would have been eliminated in the first two rounds. After the Chang'an exam, the imperial list will be posted to release the ranking.
Finally, there is the palace examination, which is the emperor's policy inquiry.
After the whole competition, the first place was ranked number one, the second place was third overall, and the third place was second place, collectively known as the top three.
As for the content of the examination, it includes not only essay planning and political defense, but also arithmetic, law, etc. There is a lot of content. A poet who only knows how to craft verses will not be able to enter the examination.
For example, in the Essence of Written Answers, essays will be written based on some classics. Candidates need to answer the context and give notes and their own understanding.
For example, poetry is not about writing poetry, but it requires candidates to have considerable historical and cultural knowledge, image thinking, language ability, etc. This is the basis for serving as an official in politics.
After this court meeting, the court's orders were quickly conveyed to various places.
Xiao Yuan was serious about treating the scholars who studied hard in the cold window and valued them.
And after the founding of the country, no copycat bandits were allowed to exist, and the whole country was ordered to be purged.
The county magistrates who received the decree did not dare to neglect, and began to conduct a comprehensive inventory of the official roads within their jurisdiction to see if any areas had been washed away by floods, whether there were landslides, etc., and they also visited some villagers to check if there had been any damage recently. The wandering thieves and so on.
Not to mention, such an investigation did lead to the identification of grass bandits occupying the mountains as bandits in several places. However, they were just small thieves who had previously been hiding in the mountains and had no idea what was going on in the outside world.
This frightened several county magistrates, and they quickly mobilized troops from the Wuwei Mansion to extinguish it quickly. Otherwise, if something serious happened, their official title would not be guaranteed.
Other counties were also afraid, and immediately a nationwide purge operation was formed to completely eliminate all bandits.
Wuyang camp.
It is not far from Chang'an City and protects Kyoto.
There are groups of soldiers patrolling outside the gate constantly.
In the military camp, there are also three posts per post and five steps per post.
After daily training, several veterans were chatting together in a certain camp. One of them said, "Hey, how many rewards did you get this time?"
These people had beheaded many enemy soldiers. After the founding of the country, rewards were naturally given based on merit, and the rewards for the soldiers had just come out not long ago.
An honest man said: "I killed many thieves on the battlefield of Mengjin. Now I am a third-class meritorious officer, and I have earned a lot of money. General Li also said that I will be promoted to centurion in a few days."
"You're good, kid." The older soldier patted his shoulder: "You're already a centurion. Don't forget your brother when you get rich in the future."
"Brother Hu, don't worry. You saved my life on the battlefield. I will never forget this kindness in my life." The life-saving friendship made the honest man very serious.
The veteran smiled and looked at the others: "By the way, it's our turn for the year-end vacation. Are you going back to your hometown?"
"I want to go back and take a look."
"I'm thinking about buying some good fabrics for my mother-in-law and letting her make some good clothes, so that I don't have to suffer anymore."
"I saved some money, plus the reward from His Majesty this time, and plan to go back and fix the house."
"Me too, Your Majesty, really, I have never heard of any monarch caring so much about soldiers before. Your Majesty has thought of all the soldiers, including those comrades who died in the battle."
"Nonsense! Is there anyone in this world who is more sage than Your Majesty?"
Hongyang.
The county governor Zheng Mingyi was sorting out the files and said with a smile: "I am going to Chang'an tomorrow, and Hongyang will be left to Zhang Juncheng for the time being. Thank you for your hard work."
Zhang Xun was still standing next to him. Hearing this, he said: "Hongyang is only seven or eight days away from Chang'an if the carriage is faster. Why are you leaving so early? It's the end of the year soon. Why don't you have a drink with your family before leaving."
"No need." Zheng Mingyi said: "Get to Chang'an one day early, prepare for the interview with the Holy Spirit one day early, and also see the prosperity of Kyoto, so as not to be rushed."
As he spoke, he raised the documents in his hand: "Our land in Hongyang has been completed. The people are celebrating and peaceful. It can be said to be prosperous. The efforts of Zhang Juncheng and his colleagues are indispensable here. I am going to take advantage of the great opportunity to use these documents." Present it to His Majesty."
"Everywhere, the county governor is good at governing the country." After the official said, Zhang Xun said: "Then I wish you a good journey."
"Yes." Zheng Mingyi nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said, "By the way, have the questions for this state exam been released?"
"not yet."
"I wonder who is in charge of the state exams."
"I heard it's Zhangtai Pavilion."
"Alas." Zheng Mingyi sighed: "To be honest, this test is still a little unfair to the scholars of Lingdi. I heard that many scholars in the county have been trying to supplement Qin Lu during this period. "
Zhang Xun said: "Although law is not a required subject, you still need to know some basic things. If you do well in this test, it will only be biased towards officials who are focused on law, and it will not play an absolute role."
Zhang Xuan is right. The laws of a country are not just a few articles or chapters, but are extremely complicated, with items and various extensions. If you can master the laws, even if you don't do well in other subjects, you will still be able to master them. I hope to be a legal official.
In the same way, failing to pass the law test does not mean that you cannot become an official.
"Furthermore, the imperial examination has not been held for several years after the war. This time is also necessary. Otherwise, scholars all over the world will be anxious." Zhang Xun added.
"Well, that's true." Zheng Mingyi nodded.
It is understandable that he is worried about taking the exam. After all, if Hongyang does well in the exam, he will be proud of it. He also plans to go to Beijing to raise this point with Xiao Yuan this time and try to fight for it.
Ningyang County, Long'an County, a certain village.
"Qingqing, Qingqing, I'm back!"
It was still the same private house. When she heard the familiar shouts, Hu Qingqing ignored the fact that she was still doing laundry. She hurriedly wiped the water stains and ran to open the door in two steps.
Outside the door, Li Jingzhi was holding large and small packages of gifts with a warm smile on his face.
Looking at this familiar person, longing for her day and night came flooding in. Hu Qingqing could no longer hold back her tears and threw herself into her husband's arms crying: "Er Zhu——"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Hey, why don't you go inside first? I'm back now." Li Jingzhi felt warm in his heart.
Hu Qingqing seemed to have remembered something, and with tears in her eyes, she shouted into the room: "Stone! Hurry! Your father is home!"
ah! ?
Li Jingzhi was stunned at first, and then burst into ecstasy. Yes, he went on an expedition with His Majesty. When he left, his wife was already pregnant, and she has been pregnant for four or five years now.
I saw a little boy running out, holding his mother's clothes, and looking at Li Jingzhi fearfully.
Li Jingzhi couldn't hold back his joy anymore. He threw away the gift in his hand and picked up the little guy: "Son! My son!"
The little boy had just learned how to make soy sauce. He had never seen his father before. He was so frightened that he cried out: "Mom!"
"Look at you, you scared the child." Hu Qingqing smiled and wiped away tears.
"What's wrong, little bastard? Your dad can't hug you anymore!" Li Jingzhi laughed and scolded, and then said: "What a stone, who named it? It's not nice at all."
"Mr. Du in the village said that it is better to take the stone, saying that it means the fate is hard."
"It's just his bad pen, what do you know?" Li Jingzhi was a man who had been awarded a title in the imperial court. He was not satisfied, so he immediately said: "Also, from now on, you can call me Erzhu. Now we are called Li Jingzhi outside." ."
"Li Jingzhi?" Hu Qingqing was stunned, wondering when her husband had become so educated.
"This is a name given by His Majesty himself. It is the only honor in the entire army that no one can match. I was the first to attack the city." Li Jingzhi was full of pride.
"Then it must have been very dangerous at that time." Hu Qingqing was frightened for a while, only thinking about her husband's safety.
"What do you know? That's called being the first to get there." Li Jingzhi said with a smile: "Sir Shangguan also said that by respecting him and respecting him, the purpose is to respect and encourage yourself and so on. Anyway, I don't understand it. Our children, little Shitou has become a nickname. In a few days, I will ask Mr. Shangguan to give our child a famous name. He is called a great scholar. Even His Majesty praised him for his best articles in the world. That is the village head Du Neng. Than?"
He said and rubbed the child's head: "Okay, Little Shitou, let's give it a cultured name."
"Ah? Such a big official would care about such a trivial matter like ours."
Hu Qingqing always felt that her husband was different from before. She couldn't tell what was different. Anyway, he no longer had the temperament of a soldier.
Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, just like walking in brocade at night. (End of chapter)
