After the harem stabilized, Wan Yankang put down a big stone and quickly focused on the top priority at the moment.

Imperial examination!

Originally, the Dajin scientific examination method was to hold the county examination first, and the candidates only needed to go to the place where the county was located for reference, and those who passed the county examination needed to go to the place where the government was located to participate in the second round of the examination, and finally the palace examination. However, due to the comprehensive reform of the imperial examination, the original method is no longer applicable, and only one round of the examination is required, and only 20 examination centers are set up in the country.

Huining Mansion, Liaoyang Mansion, Dading Mansion and other original 19 Road Mansions, plus White Horse City, are the places where the examination places are located.

Because of the chaotic war between the north and the south, Daikin has not opened the imperial examination for several years. In addition, because the difficulty of liberal arts has been reduced, many young people who originally felt hopeless for a career have also picked up books again and participated in the registration.

According to preliminary statistics, the total number of people who signed up for the scientific examination in Jinguo was close to 100,000, far exceeding the estimate.

As a result, the original venues and invigilators in various places have to be adjusted again, and the scientific examination time has been postponed again and again, from the original late March to April 15.

On April 15, 20 examination rooms of Daikin will be held at the same time.

Grammar, Grammar, Mathematics, Style. Each subject is calculated as a percentage, 60 points are passed, and the final score is added together to calculate the total score. But if you fail one of the four subjects, you will face elimination even if you get full marks in the other three subjects.

The first essay test is divided into three major questions and one additional question, each of the three major questions is 30 points, and the additional questions are only 10 points. The vast majority of candidates consciously rely on the three questions alone to get a passing score, but for some outstanding students, the last additional question is quite meaningful.

After Confucius and Mencius, there are no more saints in China, why?

For this problem, the vast majority of candidates have never thought about it, most people bite the pen and can't write anything, some people give up in despair, some people write something indiscriminately, and then look back, they don't know what is written, and they can't wait to take the pen and erase it.

In charge of the scientific examination was Wei Huaiyuan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who was appointed by Wanyan Hongxi during his reign, and after Wanyan Kang ascended the throne, he found that this person was still honest and diligent, so he retained him. Now Wanyan Hongxi is also the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but on weekdays, in order to avoid suspicion, he deliberately does not take care of things, and Wei Huaiyuan can be regarded as the actual speaker of the Ministry of Rites.

Wei Huaiyuan took this question and looked at it over and over again for a long time, and finally asked Wan Yankang in confusion: "Your Majesty, what should be done to solve this question?" ”

"Before Confucius and Mencius, Lao Tzu, Xunzi, Mozi and others can all be called saints, and there are no saints after Confucius and Mencius......" Speaking of this, Wan Yankang stopped his mouth and looked at Wei Huaiyuan with a smile, the meaning is clear, I mentioned it here, with the wisdom of your old man, you should understand.

Wei Huaiyuan pondered for a while, and suddenly realized: "A hundred schools of thought contend, respect Confucianism? ”

Wan Yan Kang laughed: "Yes! ”

Wei Huaiyuan had a look of regret on his face, and he knew that Wan Yankang meant to encourage a hundred schools of thought to contend and advocate freedom of speech. But for him, a Confucian disciple, seeing that the transcendent status of Confucianism was about to collapse, it was still difficult to accept it in his heart.

Wan Yankang could see the sadness in Wei Huaiyuan's heart, but he didn't mean to be relieved at all. He had already discussed with Xu Daosheng and others that the level of Chinese civilization reached a peak during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and then the Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Sui, Tang and other dynasties continued to change, and only the person sitting on the dragon chair was replaced. The overall quality of the Chinese nation and the degree of social development have not improved in the slightest, and even in some cases have gone backwards in history.

Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, and the autocratic rule of the Chinese nation began. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Huang Lao's art was pursued, and the control of speech was acceptable, and Dong Zhongshu's proposal to respect Confucianism alone was adopted precisely because its effect was to strengthen the imperial power. As the status of imperial power continued to increase, so did the transcendent status of Confucianism.

Over the past thousand years, many great families have been born in all dynasties, leaving countless famous chapters, such as Han Fu, Tang poetry, and Song Ci, all of which are brilliant chapters in history. However, there are very few thinkers who truly transcend their predecessors, and there are even fewer inventions and creations that are of great benefit to society.

A highly centralized state can certainly concentrate on big things, and in some cases it can be absolutely efficient. But absolute power produces absolute corruption. Absolute power, absolutely will kill the spark of many ideas.

This additional question was personally written by Wan Yankang, and his purpose in asking this question was to see how many real people of insight there are in Dajin today!

This time, the requirements of the imperial examination are not high, and there must be many people who can pass, but the candidates who can answer this additional question well will undoubtedly be

Enter Yan Kang's field of vision in advance.

According to Wanyankang's setting, the students who can pass the scientific examination this time will all start from the grassroots level. In the end, there are only a few who can stand out and move to the position of middle and high-level officials.

And the regret and unwillingness of Wei Huaiyuan and other pure Confucian scholars will also be completely crushed by the wheel of history, and can only be buried deep in their hearts.

The reform of the imperial examination is not only due to the change in the situation, but also in terms of the time of the examination. In the past, the scientific examination lasted for a few days, but this time the first literary examination ended in only half a day. After that, the two subjects of law and mathematics also took half a day each.

Compared with the liberal arts exams, there are no additional questions in law and mathematics, but the proportion of students who think they can pass these two subjects is far less than that of liberal arts.

The content of the Reform Code is not complicated, and most of the students who refer to it can memorize the entire text, but the content of the exam is not memorization of the Code, but ten case analysis questions.

The mathematics exam is also ten questions, according to the standards of Wan Yankang's previous life, it is just a mathematics question in the third and fourth grades of primary school. However, the topic of chickens and rabbits in the same cage at this time undoubtedly stumped a large number of students, and the problem of finding a fake account book is not something that everyone can do.

The physical examination was originally four items: long-distance running, riding, strength, and bow and arrow, but later because there were too many candidates, the items had to be changed. Long-distance running, stone lifting, and pull-ups are the three compulsory items, and riding and bowing and arrows are optional items. The score of the compulsory and optional items is the same, accounting for 25 points each.

The test results of literature, law, and mathematics also need to be marked and scored, and the test results of physical education are all released on the spot. As soon as the physical education exam is completed, the passers are still waiting for the results of the remaining three subjects to be announced with hope, and those who fail to pass can go home immediately.

In physical education alone, more than half of the candidates were brushed off on the spot.

Because the exams of literature, law, and mathematics basically have standard answers, the marking speed is very fast. Three days after the physical examination, the results of the remaining three subjects were announced, and only 7,853 people were finally approved.

For a while, a few people were happy and a few were sad.

Candidates who pass are naturally overjoyed.

And many recognized "talents" failed to pass the exam, which naturally caused a lot of controversy.

Most of the "talents" who fell off the list were not convinced, they gathered in groups of three or five, complained wildly, and there were not a few who scolded after drinking too much. Anyway, there is no such thing as disrespect in the reform code.

There are also "talents" who fell off the list, and secretly swore in their hearts that they would find ways to make up for their shortcomings after returning home. Didn't the imperial court say that the future scientific examination will be held once a year, and since I didn't take the exam this year, I will still have a chance next year.

This time, the exam questions fully demonstrated the employment standards of the new dynasty and applied them to the world. Those who are full of mouths are also generations, and it is difficult to enter the officialdom of the new dynasty even if the article is full of flowers!

The more than 7,000 candidates who passed were sent to Zhongdu for a one-month pre-job training.

Every day after breakfast, we went out for two hours of semi-military training. Every afternoon, there is a class for officials and courts from the central government to the local government, where they teach how to solve the various problems encountered in handling government affairs, and how to make use of the reform code in adjudicating cases.

Of course, these teachers are selected early, and the content of the lectures has also been reviewed repeatedly, and the Supervision Institute has sent people to observe the lectures to ensure that these students will not be led to the wrong path.

After dinner, there is an hour of free time for the students to mingle with each other.

When the one-month training was almost completed, the appearance of the more than 7,000 trainees had changed qualitatively from when they entered Beijing.

The original white-faced scholars were all tanned into black charcoal, but everyone's spirit and spirit have been greatly improved, and their bodies have become much taller.

On the last day, when everyone gathered in the martial arts arena on time, they found that the situation was completely different from the past. On weekdays, the instructors are all in place, waiting for their own class of students to arrive, and then leading people to practice. On this day, all the instructors gathered at the gate of the barracks and waited in line.

There is a big man coming, and this idea comes to the minds of the students.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, the instructors at the gate of the camp saluted in unison: "Hello Your Majesty!" ”

On the martial arts arena, they began to be restless, and some of the students couldn't help but stand on tiptoe to look around, and some whispered about it.

Wan Yankang rode Xiao Hei into the camp gate, followed by this row of unparalleled soldiers, they rushed to the stands in the center of the martial arts arena at a gallop, and then reined in the horses.

Many of these thousands of students can ride horses

At this moment, when I saw such riding skills, I couldn't help but exclaim.

Wan Yankang turned over and dismounted, stepped on the center of the stands, faced a group of students, saluted a military salute, and said loudly: "Hello students! ”

For a time, some of the students returned the military salute, some bowed deeply, and some fell to their knees and shouted long live.

"Get up, our Dajin has already abolished the kneeling salute!" Wan Yankang saw that there were still many kneeling salutes, and he couldn't help frowning, and his words were a little stern. As he spoke, he carried a little lion's roar technique, and there was a huge martial arts arena, which could be heard clearly in any corner.

As soon as this sound came out, those kneeling students hurriedly got up, looking sincerely frightened.

Wan Yankang didn't say much about this point, and after he glanced at the audience, he nodded with satisfaction: "This month's training, I think you must have gained a lot." ”

The students in the audience nodded their heads.

"Tomorrow, you will all be sent out to all parts of the country as officials, before leaving, I, the emperor, will last come to say a few words to you."

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The instructors applauded one after another, and the students were also very excited and applauded wildly.

After a while, Wan Yankang pressed down with both hands and motioned to stop the applause.

The applause stopped after a long time, and Wan Yankang continued: "Students, you all passed the scientific examination before you entered here, so that you can become officials tomorrow, so remember the first article of the reform code!" ”

"All men are equal before the law." The students shouted.

Wan Yankang nodded: "Yes, this sentence must be put in your mind, engraved on the pillow, and remembered for a lifetime, so that you can be a good official and a good official." ”

"For thousands of years, the common people have called the officials their parents, and in our new dynasty, this concept has to be completely changed. How did you do the thousands of classmates, the youngest is only 16 years old, and the oldest is in his thirties, how can you manage the parents of thousands of people! So, from this day forward, you have to erect a consciousness, a consciousness! ”

"As officials, you are not the parents of the people, riding on the heads of the people to be powerful. Know to you that your money, your rations, and your official garments come from the people. The people are your food and clothing! In the future, don't mention the words of parents and officials, the public servants of the people are the standard of officials, remember! ”

Wan Yankang's last sentence deliberately raised his voice, and all the students heard it and shouted in unison: "Remember!" ”

"In the past, there were only a few hundred people in the country, and dozens of people were only in the middle of the scientific examination. There are more than 7,000 of your classmates this year, and these more than 7,000 people, can all of them be promoted to the prefect, stay behind, and even pay homage to the prime minister? ”

After Yankang said this, he paused, listened to the whispered discussion in the audience, and then said: "Everyone knows that this is impossible!" The court can't afford to support so many high-ranking officials, and it doesn't need so many high-ranking officials. ”

There were many students in the audience, all of whom were very puzzled, and some of them muttered quietly.

Wan Yankang continued: "Some of you are born rich and some are poor, but from tomorrow onwards, everyone's starting line will be the same. But a year later, among these 7,000 people, some may not be able to pass the probationary period and be sent home, some of them will perform averagely, and they will still be in the ninth grade, and some will perform well and be promoted to the eighth or seventh grade. The difference in the future depends on your performance in the next year, and those who are talented may not be excellent, but those who really do it will be reused! ”

"Really work hard in these four words, as long as you do it and do it well, your future will never be bad in the future!"

"Really hard work!" Some of the students recited silently, and some whispered, and they had to keep these four words firmly in their minds.

Wan Yankang waited for everyone to digest it for a while before continuing: "We have an old saying, which is called promotion and wealth. But from now on, this sentence will not work. In our Dajin, don't want to get rich if you want to be an official, and don't come to be an official if you want to get rich. The nine officials' salaries and various benefits are enough for you to support your wife and children, support the elderly, and live a decent life. If someone thinks that the salary is too low, and delusions that there will be a group of wives and concubines, fine clothes and food, then resign as soon as possible to go into business. Those who dare to be corrupt and pervert the law, the light ones are dismissed, and the heavy ones are beheaded, and it is clearly written in the code! ”

"Honesty and honesty are the lifeline of officials!" After Yan Kang said this, he stopped talking.

The instructors in the audience knew that he had finished speaking, and took the lead in applauding, and the students also woke up.

After Yan Kang waited for the applause to slowly stop, he finally arched his hand on the stage: "I wish you all a bright future!" After speaking, he jumped off the stage and jumped on Xiao Hei's back, and ran out of the camp with Wushuang at a gallop.

The seeds have been planted, just waiting to take root and sprout into a forest!