The day of New Year's Day has just arrived, in fact, it is also the time when the sun has just come out.

The first bell rang in Taixue, and the bell hung on the top floor of the Tianlu Pavilion, the tallest building in the entire Du County.

The melodious bell swayed and swept through the entire Du County.

This is to remind all the students who are preparing for the exam in Du County that the time has come.

There is an hour of preparation time, and all candidates must sit down in their seats before the last hour.

Start the exam on time and continue until the end of the exam.

There are three hours in total, and there is no time for the candidates to rest and eat in the middle, if they really can't hold on to this little time, Zhang Yuan doesn't bother to say anything.

There are three examinations in the Guangxiang Examination of the Imperial Examination, and one test takes three days, and Zhang Yuan is only three hours, which is really not very long.

However, if there are physical problems to deal with, you can be accompanied by two palace guards and a Taixue official.

And this is to be searched, Zhang Yuan is not afraid that they will be plagiarized, the questions of the five doctors are all mixed together, and then everyone's exam questions are random, which can still be copied by each candidate, Zhang Yuan will not say anything.

The bronze bell was struck every half hour, and by the time the third bell rang, the seats in the square in front of the front hall were almost full.

The chief examiner is Wuqiu Shouwang, and the deputy examiners are Dr. Lu Bushu and Kong Anguo of "Spring and Autumn".

It's not that Zhang Yuan doesn't care about this exam, but he doesn't want to show up in front of so many people and brush up on his presence.

When outsiders envy Zhang Yuan, they will say that all the Confucian students in the world come from Zhang Yuan's disciples, and Zhang Yuan doesn't dare to directly give this kind of words to the next, isn't this just a killing.

In another decade or two, there will be more Taixue students who will enter the officialdom, and people are not allowed to say that the civil and military officials are all from the Taixue Order Zhang Yuanmen, and this kind of prestige is even more powerful in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In this case, if Liu Che heard it, what would he think, it would be light to take off the official position directly, and then send it to the island a little pitiful, if it was left when Liu Che was already in a bad mood, his head would not be able to be saved.

Let King Wuqiu Shou stand in front of the stage and weaken his influence on Taixue, which is also one of Zhang Yuan's goals.

Taixue Ling can be the head of the hundreds of officials in Taixue, but it cannot be the teacher of most of the officials in the Han Dynasty, which Zhang Yuan knows very well in his heart.

At this time, Zhang Yuan led Yan Yi and Sima Qian, and stood on the top floor of Tianlu Pavilion, looking at the large number of candidates below.

Fortunately, today's weather is good, there is no sign of rain, although the wind is stronger, but the candidates are answering with bamboo slips, the wind is not blowing, and the ink is also placed under the left side of the desk to avoid the wind.

"I don't know how many of these 4,000 people will be able to get their wish in the end."

Zhang Yuan sighed, although he knew in his heart that many people were making up the numbers, he also hoped to find some talents.

Now it is still the country of the world, not the country.

Many of the famous ministers that Zhang Yuan remembered were not from the grassroots, and basically had backgrounds in their families, and expecting Zhang Yuan to pick up one or two students like Yan Yi for nothing was actually no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Teacher, I heard that there are not many scholars in the land of Qilu who have entered the official school, and the people in the rest of the places are still weaker if they only have attainments in scripture."

Yan Yi said truthfully, those Confucian students who came to Taixue were actually very poor, and people like Yan Yi didn't know if they were not sober or really difficult at home, so they came to Taixue.

Taixue students can become officials, in fact, this is still a legend.

Don't look at the fact that there are more than 4,000 students now, this is the accumulation of government schools in various places that have been open for two years.

Assigned to each county, there are about 10 people every year, and there are also county levels below, and 3,000 of these 4,000 people probably have never read Confucian classics before.

Just like Zhang Yuan said when he first ran Taixue, he was just able to know a word, of course, this group of people was a little better than the first batch of students who entered Taixue, and they also stayed in the official school for two years.

"Weak is weak, we are here to teach students, if people understand everything, then what do you want us to do, what do you want them to do, what are you inviting them to do, whether they are here to recruit students or teachers."

Sima Qian sneered when he heard Zhang Yuan's complaint, this little guy will almost be able to enter school next year.

But the opinion in his heart is very strong, Zhang Yuan asked several times and said that when he added the crown ceremony, he planned to travel the world alone.

After Zhang Yuan persuaded him for the first time, he regretted it when he went back, and when he mentioned this matter again in the future, Zhang Yuan's attitude changed from 360 degrees to strongly agreeing.

If Sima Qian hadn't traveled to the Han Dynasty to search for all kinds of stories, what would the final "Historical Records" have to look like.

So now as long as Zhang Yuan sees Sima Qian, as long as he wants to do anything, he will rely on him, and try not to interfere in Sima Qian's life as much as possible.

"What are you laughing at, little brat?"

"Uncle Zhang Yuan, what you just said is indeed a bit funny, and my nephew couldn't help laughing."

A little cold sweat suddenly broke out on Zhang Yuan's forehead, it is said that he is now a big man who can be recorded in the "Historical Records", if this bad kind includes himself in the "Funny Biography", then he really wants to cry without tears.

"Hehe, it was just a joke."

"My nephew didn't think my uncle was joking, I just thought that Brother Yan said that this batch of candidates had poor academic attainments, and you said that you were here to be a teacher if you asked those with high attainments, and my nephew thought that this batch of candidates might be better if their academic attainments were lower."

"Oh? Tell me why? ”

Not only Zhang Yuan was curious, but Yan Yi was also a little puzzled, it must be the most suitable to recruit students on the basis of merit, how could that school specifically select poor students to enroll.

In my nephew's opinion, my uncle has said four sentences on the stone tablet outside Taixue over the years, and he has not expressed any attitude or opinion on scripture since then.

Teacher Kong Anguo commented on you, saying that you don't understand the scriptures at all, and throw out these more than 4,000 candidates, maybe the students in Taixue are higher than your scriptures.

You said that if you recruit another group of students with high attainments to enter Taixue, then how embarrassing your position is. ”

Zhang Yuan suddenly came to his senses, and the meaning of this bad kind of words was all sarcasm and ridicule.

"Hehe, I have poor academic attainments, but my stick kung fu is not bad, so many candidates will not teach you a lesson in the exam today, and tomorrow I have free time, I will definitely educate you for your father's good life."

In these years, there is no talk of corporal punishment of students, and the more Zhang Yuan beats Sima Qian, the more Sima Tan may feel in his heart that Zhang Yuan attaches importance to Sima Qian.

As soon as he heard that he was going to be hit, Sima Qian's face changed, and he hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Uncle is a nephew's mistake, so you can spare your nephew."

Sima Qian's mind is not yet mature, and the childishness of children has not completely faded, Zhang Yuan is actually talking cruel things, and he doesn't really want to beat Sima Qian.

"Hmph. This time, remember first, next time you are disrespectful to your elders, you have to call your father over and beat you up. ”

Sima Qian muttered a few words, but Zhang Yuan didn't hear it clearly, and swept over with cold eyes, Sima Qian quickly became honest.