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Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then blurted out: "Of course, I have examined the contents of the Sutra, the poems, and the Moyi." Wei was born in poverty, and he was also familiar with the five major classics such as "Yi Guanyi", "Book of Songs", "Book of Books", "Zhou Li", and "Book of Rites", as well as the two concurrent classics of "Analects" and "Meng", and only after passing the county examination, county examination and palace examination did he enter the court as an official! If he hadn't participated in the imperial examination, Wei would still be working as a farmer at home! ”

Yu Ming shook his head and said, "Lord Wei, you misunderstood what I meant. I'm not rejecting the imperial examination system entirely. For example, the imperial examination stipulates that anyone can participate in the imperial examination, which is quite a good system. Let the poor scholars represented by Lord Wei also have the opportunity to become officials. However, this king thinks that the content of this imperial examination is inevitably inappropriate. Putting aside the rest for the time being, let's take the content of Lord Wei's test that year. How much time and how much work do you have in the actual process of becoming an official, and how much of the content in the exam will be used? ”

Wei Zheng was suddenly asked. He started as an officer at the lowest level and went through the work in the army. Naturally, he is very clear about the big and small official positions in the officialdom and the work he usually engages in.

But if you want to say that there are a few times that you can use poetry and scriptures, there are really not a few times. When he wants to show his talent in reciting poetry and painting, dancing and playing with the moon, most of them are in places such as the Qinglou Goulan, flirting with a ******. Use these poems to impress those Qingqi people who sell their art but not their bodies.

Most of the affairs in the officialdom are statistics, reports, calculations, trials, and handling some emergencies such as disaster relief, emergency rescue, helping the people, tax collection, and resettlement. Although there are some principles of doing things in the "Book of Songs", "Zhou Li", and "Analects", they are all large and empty theoretical knowledge, and if you want to use these scriptures to govern the place, the so-called "half of the Analects to rule the world" is completely nonsense.

Wei Zheng's old face suddenly turned red, and he thought for a long time before he argued: "The test of poetry is to take, and the test of righteousness is the moral code of people, with these, we can talk about governing the country and the country, if people don't even know these basic etiquette, righteousness and shame, and can't write a chapter and poems, how can they be officials?" ”

Although he is still arguing with reason, the eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others can hear that he has been exhausted.

Yu Ming also suddenly woke up at this time, knowing that there was great resistance to the complete implementation of the reform of the new imperial examination system, and this Wei Zheng was regarded as his own descendant official, and he was selected from the staff that the Yu family was about to give up. He should be more grateful to himself. But even he is against it, and it is conceivable how other officials will treat the new imperial examination.

After thinking for a while, Yu Mingfang said: "Since this is the case, then the imperial examination can be set up with some more subjects." Not only the poetry and scriptures are examined, but also arithmetic, foreign languages, martial arts, weapon manufacturing and other contents. I thought that the imperial court would select different talents......"

"For example, the army's military officers and military divisions must know how to plan the war and arrange the troops to be able to serve as personnel, otherwise how to formulate a battle plan against the enemy? The generals of the army need warriors who are strong in martial arts and good at commanding battles on the spot; Officials who receive foreign envoys need to select people who can speak foreign languages. As for the Ministry of Industry, which is mainly engaged in the manufacture of weapons and the construction of bridges and houses, it is natural to select personnel with outstanding talents in construction and production. These exams can be included in the imperial examination and become one of the subjects, allowing candidates to choose to register for themselves! ”

Yu Ming's words were like a shock. It's good to say that during the period when Yang Guang was the emperor, he also engaged in martial arts, and some people even won the martial arts champion for this. However, in the past, craftsmen were classified as "craftsmen", and they were not allowed to be elegant. Listening to Yuming's meaning, these craftsmen and interpreters can also participate in the imperial examination in a dignified manner and hold official positions. It's a bit unbelievable.

Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, and couldn't help but be surprised, feeling that in this way, the imperial examination would become a hodgepodge, and anyone could come to take the exam. Those who know arithmetic, with those businessmen as the most shopkeepers, martial arts, needless to say, those warriors in the army and heroes in the rivers and lakes are all strong people in martial arts...... Then the craftsmen and interpreters all came to participate...... The dignified people actually participated in the imperial examination with these Dousheng Xiaomin and rude martial arts?

But not only these two people, but even Wei Zheng couldn't raise any objections, because these talents were indeed urgently needed by the imperial court, especially in weapon research and development, a skilled weapon manufacturing craftsman, and the money issued by the imperial court was comparable to a county guard. Guards were also sent to protect their families. Could it be that the ranking of "scholars, farmers, industry, and commerce" since ancient times is going to be subverted?

Yu Ming saw that everyone no longer objected, so he hurriedly said: "Since everyone is not opposed, then let's do what I want first!" You can draw up a plan and submit it to the king, and if there is nothing wrong, let it be put into effect, and sooner rather than later! ”

After hearing this, several military advisors could only smile bitterly and nodded. Among these people, Wei Zheng is the most resistant to the new imperial examination, Hu Sizheng is the most indifferent, and people such as Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji feel that they should see the effect of the new imperial examination after the implementation, if the response is really good, the selected officials can be well qualified for the work, and the urgently needed outstanding talents are selected for the imperial court, and the effect is better than the imperial examination system of the former Sui, then it can also be continued.

After soliciting the opinions of some officials of the DPRK and China, the four finally decided to hold the new imperial examination of the Great Zhou Dynasty on the first day of the month. The examination is divided into county examination, county examination and palace examination level, which are held simultaneously in Hedong, Hebei, Shandong, and Liaodong. However, the prefectural examination will be started first, then the county examination, and finally the palace examination will be held.

The examination is divided into more than 10 subjects, such as administration, art of war, agriculture, craftsmanship, weapon research and development, vehicle and ship manufacturing, arithmetic, heaven, and biology. The reference audience is Da Zhou citizens over the age of 14, regardless of origin and property, and both men and women can sign up.

The top 10 students in the county examination in this county can participate in the county examination.

The top 10 in the county examination in this county will be able to go to Peiping Mansion to take the palace examination.

The county examination is presided over by the county Cheng, and the county examination is presided over by Changshi. Needless to say, the palace examination was naturally conducted by Yu Ming in person.

According to the new imperial examination plan announced by the imperial court, the county examination was held in May, the county examination was held in June and August, and the palace examination was held in September. All the ministries of the Great Zhou will send personnel to participate in the preparation and holding of the imperial examinations.

After this news was announced, the poor disciples in Hedong, Hebei, Liaodong, Shandong and other places cheered, because they finally had a legitimate opportunity to be officials. And the brothers of the nobles of the various gate lords were indignant one by one. Because they believe that this kind of official opportunity should only fall to people with extraordinary backgrounds like themselves. How can you get those civilians to join in?

As a result, many of the younger brothers of the nobles set out from their hometowns and invited them to Beiping to protest. However, when they arrived in Beiping, they found that King Zhou was no longer there. Yu Ming led an army of 200,000 on another expedition.

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In Henan in February, it is still cold and freezing, but the ice on the Yellow River has melted, although the branches on the first are still bare, but on the branches of some plane trees, a little bright green color has begun to appear.

At this moment, at the famous Baima ferry port on the Yellow River, thousands of small boats are gathering to ferry back and forth.

These small boats are about eight zhang long and two zhang wide, and can seat ten people. They were ferried by the captain, and groups of soldiers in black helmets and black armor were crossing the river one after another.

These black-clad soldiers were numerous and clustered on both sides of the Yellow River, barely in sight. And it was not only these soldiers who had to cross the river, but also their horses and their grain and grass baggage. Therefore, although there are many boats at the ferry, they are still very busy.

On a small hill on the south bank of the Yellow River, a young man in white clothes and white armor put his hand on a canopy, raised his eyes to look ahead, and sighed: "I have finally crossed the Yellow River...... Si Zheng, this should be the land of Henan, right? ”

The middle-aged man standing next to the white-clothed young general nodded hurriedly and said, "Back to King Zhou, this is already Pingyang County in Henan." As we walk west along the Yellow River, we will find the Tiger Pass, where Wang Shichong's Zheng army and Li Mi's Wei army are currently fighting fiercely. ”

"And to the south, there is Jindi Pass, which is now guarded by Li Mi's subordinate Zu Junyan. After passing the Jindi Pass, you can arrive at Li Mi's old nest Xingyang. ”

And to the east, it is Chenliu County, the starting place of Cao Cao during the national period. From here to the east, there is an endless Huanghuai Plain, which can be defended without danger. Li Mi had only only captured this area for a long time, and there were not many troops stationed. The middle-aged man introduced.

Needless to say, everyone can guess that this middle-aged man is Hu Sizheng, and the white-robed young general is Yuming.

After arranging the imperial examination task, Yu Ming personally led an army of 200,000 troops, with Hu Sizheng as his military advisor, and led the generals to attack Li Mi in the south, preparing to rescue Wang Shichong.

At present, the army has crossed the Yellow River and is about to officially engage Li Mi's Wei army.

"Mr. Hu, in your opinion, how should our army take the next step now?" Yu Ming asked, staring into Hu Sizheng's eyes.

Hu Sizheng smiled slightly, stroked his long beard under his chin and said: "Actually, although Wang Shichong controls a smaller territory than Li Mi, his troops are also smaller than Li Mi. But the situation is far less dire than he says. Although our army does want to cooperate with this old fox, it is not to be led by Wang Shichong. ”

"Oh?" After hearing this, Yu Ming also said in surprise: "Mr. Hu, can you explain it to this king in detail?" ”

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