A full 3,000 gold cakes were stored in the official warehouse of the county government of Xinfeng County.

Looking at the official warehouse that finally had a little color, Zhang Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The government finally has money!

"Chen Xiancheng, the gold of this official office is personally guarded and supervised by you, and all expenses must be signed by this official or His Royal Highness the eldest grandson to support it!" Zhang Yue called Chen Wannian over and told him: "The accounts here, the official and the quarterly review, if you find that a copper is missing, the official will only ask!" ”

When Chen Wannian heard this, he immediately patted his chest and promised: "Please rest assured, the lower officials must have seen the accounts of the dead officials, and without the orders of the waiters, a five-baht coin can't get out of this door!" ”

For money or something, Chen Wannian actually didn't have much interest.

It's not that he doesn't love money, but that he prefers to be an official and promoted to gold.

Especially promotions!

So, even if there are a pile of golden cuties in front of you.

But Chen Wannian can turn a blind eye, in his heart, no amount of gold is as important as his own future.

Zhang Yue looked at him and nodded, for Chen Wannian, Zhang Yue is very trusting now.

After all, it was he who risked his own disguise and took the credit for finally capturing all the Assassins - not all of them could risk being sniped by the Rhubarb Crossbow and put on the Sable Crown.

Out of the official warehouse, I just happened to meet Liu Jin bringing someone over.

"Zhang Shizhong, the public examination is about to start, I want to invite Shizhong to go to the examination room to have a look...... Liu Jin was very excited to make an invitation.

The public examination mode is now the biggest highlight of Xinfeng.

In fact, at the beginning, Liu Jin was still a little apprehensive, afraid that this novel system would cause public opinion attacks from the government and the opposition, and even be suspicious of his grandfather.

But now......

The entire public opinion circle is full of praise for Xinfeng's public examination model.

In particular, the scholars of the Ram School have publicly praised and said: The reason why the three generations are prosperous is that the three generations are prosperous, and the reason why Chengkang is prosperous...... The eldest grandson inherits His Majesty's great ambition, and only takes talents and is the only one, which is the blessing of this society!

The other schools of thought are also flattering.

No way, his imperial grandfather, when today's son returned to Luan Chang'an, took Xinfeng's public examination at the court meeting as an example, and proudly told the ministers: The eldest grandson Su Cheng Zhi, bow to the sect, and now Xinfeng public examination, for the national election officials, I am very relieved! Very relieved!

To be alive is to show off your grandson.

And after the Son of Heaven opened his mouth to express his characterization, did the literati and doctors dare to talk back? Dare to say that the Son of Heaven is wrong?

can only be from 360 angles, desperately looking for information and examples, to prove that the Xinfeng public examination is indeed a good system for the people.

Who would dare to say no?

I'm afraid that the next day I will have to go to Tingwei Yamen to drink tea and carefully examine whether I am really loyal to the Han Sheji in my heart? Even more seriously, if you encounter Tingwei looking at you unpleasantly, then I'm afraid you have to carefully review whether you are obedient to the Han Emperor in your heart?

Anyway, at the beginning, Danong Yan Yi was clicked off by Zhang Tang on a charge of slander.

As a result, where public opinion can discuss and criticize or make suggestions, the procedure of the public examination system remains.

Many people feel that although Xinfeng's public examination system is 'beautiful', it is not 'good' enough.

Why?

Because, the content of the exam is not high enough.

And that interview procedure, it's even redundant!

I am a doctor and rely on literature!

Why do you want to do things? Isn't that the job of a pen-and-knife officer?

The ability to do things and practice hands-on ability of the scholars is an insult, and it is not 'a trip to treat Confucian ministers well'.

So, it should be changed.

It's better to change it to just look at what you learn, and don't think about anything else.

For these noises, if in the past, Liu Jin might have felt that 'this is exactly the case', but now...... But they sneered, and the left ear went in and out of the right ear, purely when they were talking nonsense.

On the contrary, in Liu Jin's eyes, the public examination system should strengthen the assessment of hands-on ability and ability to do things.

He has had enough of the so-called 'celebrities' who are full of rhetoric and fanciful words, but in fact they can't do anything at all.

It's just that, as the eldest grandson, he can't directly express this attitude.

Moreover, his personality has always been gentle, and it is impossible for him to force him back when he encounters something or a voice he doesn't like, as his grandfather did.

He thought about it and found that it seemed that the best way was to take Zhang Shizhong with him and go to the examination market in person and walk through it.

Express your attitude by doing.

This will not offend anyone, but also let people know his attitude.

Zhang Yue naturally readily agreed to Liu Jin's invitation.

It just so happened that he also wanted to see the level of scholars and young people attracted by this public examination.

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Half an hour later, Zhang Yue and Liu Jin, under the protection of a team of guards from the Gate Army, came to the open-air examination room on both sides of the county office.

In order to cope with this public examination, in the past few days, Chen Wannian and Hu Jian, with the few remaining officials in Xinfeng County, cleaned up the streets, vacant land, and houses on both sides of the county government to vacate the venue.

So, what appeared in front of Zhang Yue and Liu Jin was a black head.

Because it was an open-air exam, on the periphery of the examination room, the soldiers of the Gate Army set up a cordon.

At the same time, there were cavalry patrolling the outside.

In the entire examination room, it was supervised by Hu Jian and Xinfeng's jailers and torturers.

Seeing Liu Jin and Zhang Yue coming to inspect, Hu Jianli led people to greet him.

"How is the order of the soldiers in the examination room?" Zhang Yue asked.

"Everything is ......fine in the return service," Hu Jian bowed his head and reported: "Only a dozen fraudsters have been found......

"And the cheaters?" Zhang Yue couldn't help laughing.

The questions in the written part of this public examination can be said to be so simple that you can pass the test as long as you have the cultural and arithmetic ability of the passing line.

On this level of the subject, all of them have to cheat?

How unconfident are those guys?

But how did Zhang Yue know that although the topic was simple, the scope involved was too wide.

From the Spring and Autumn Period, the Book of Songs, the Book of Poetry to the Nine Chapters of Arithmetic and Criminal Law, almost everything.

It's all common sense, though.

However, many people just lack common sense.

After all, in the past twenty or thirty years since the prosperity of Confucianism, a large number of so-called 'celebrities' have emerged who only emphasize morality but not ability.

In particular, when Muqiu Tianhou Shiqing and Yushi Dafu Bu Shi were in power, they gave people all over the world a serious illusion - it seems that as long as they have a high level of talent and morality, they don't need ability, and they can live in the three dukes!

As a result, many people began to learn and imitate these two famous ministers.

Outcome......

was hit on the head in front of reality and broke the blood flow.

Some people turn back when they are hit, but many more people don't look back when they hit their heads against the south wall.

These guys not only don't want to look back, but also bring the rhythm of a 'gentleman' and a 'villain'.

They believe that those officials who can do things are swordsmen and pencils, and they are villains.

And he is an elegant gentleman.

The swordsman is despicable, lowly, and indecent, and the gentleman of my generation is of noble character.

The reason why gentlemen lose to the sword and pen officials is not because of their ability, but because the gentlemen's moral cultivation is too high and they can't fight those shameless villains.

This kind of strange logic and strange brain circuits are still very marketable in today's Han Confucianism.

Not only is it popular in the Guliang School, but even many people in the Ram School agree with it and think so.

There's no way, I can't fight the 'swords and pencils' of the Legalists, so I have to find a fig leaf for myself, right?

Otherwise, doesn't it mean that he is a scumbag?

And like today's scholars, seventy percent are from Confucianism.

To be reasonable, only a dozen cheaters with cheat sheets were caught in this public examination, or because Zhang Yue's questions were very simple, and the rank of the officials he chose was too low.

You want to change the official of Jing Zhaoyin or even Jiuqing Yamen for this public examination, and then increase the difficulty of the question by a few levels, how many fraudsters will there be?

I'm afraid I can't even count them.

When Hu Jian heard this, he bowed his head with some shame and said, "It's the poor supervision of the lower officials, which brought people into the cheat sheet ......"

Zhang Yue shook his head when he heard this, and said: "Hu Lingzhi doesn't have to blame himself, there are people cheating in this examination room, it is difficult to stop it......"

"The officials only need to increase the intensity of inspections and reduce the fraud as much as possible...... Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Besides...... This written test does not determine the final score......"

For this public examination, the most important and decisive result is the interview process.

No matter how bad the written test score is, it is not as good as the interview performance.

And......

Zhang Yue looked at the entire open-air examination room, and there were more than 1,400 people.

Scholars range from young people of seventeen or eighteen years old, to old scholars of forty or fifty years old, from the children of landlords and eunuchs to the children of poor merchants.

But in the end, only 54 people were admitted.

Even if it is more relaxed, by the way, I will help Xinfeng Township Pavilion to choose some officials to supplement, and a hundred people will be admitted if they die.

At least one out of fifteen.

This is doomed to the vast majority of people to be eliminated.

It's just that......

Zhang Yue suddenly thought of a terrible thing.

As we all know, the literati are a very tsundere and tsundere group.

Take Zhang Yuan of the Northern Song Dynasty as an example, because this product failed to win the imperial examination repeatedly, so he treasoned and defected to the enemy, and after winning the battle of Haoshuichuan, he was complacent and inscribed a poem among the corpses on the battlefield.

Historically, literati like Zhang Yuan, who thought that they would not meet their talents and simply defected to the enemy and committed treason, may add up to enough to circle the earth.

It's just those scumbags, who just think that 'they don't meet their own talents', but in fact they are not farts.

Since most of the public examinations have been eliminated, it is a foregone conclusion.

So among them, there must be many people who think that there is a shady scene, "I am so talented, why don't I win?" ’

Perhaps, as soon as the results are announced, there may be a big storm.

Like the Ming Dynasty, didn't it come up with a case of the North and South lists, and even Zhu Yuanzhang was coerced by these scum and went against his will?

So......

I have to find a way to resolve the grievances of these scumbags.

At the very least, it has to convince most of them - all of them are convinced, this is delusional!

Among the thousands and hundreds of people, there are a few strange and unusual people, which is simply not too normal.

"What to do?" Zhang Yue fell into deep thought, but followed Liu Jin on his feet and walked into the examination room.

Liu Jin was very excited, more than 1,000 people participated in the exam, everything depends on their ability to speak, openly, fairly, and justly.

This perfectly meets his expectations and expectations for the future.

Therefore, he was a little drifting even when he walked.

Walking in the examination room, Zhang Yue's eyes drifted over the examinees one by one, and countless thoughts in his heart rose and sank.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Zhang Yue's mind.

He slapped his thigh and laughed.

"Xinfeng County must not be able to accommodate so many people......

"But Guanzhong can......"

There is a shortage of people at the grassroots level in the Han Dynasty, which is not something that happened on the first day.

In particular, in the Kannan and Kanbei areas, more than a dozen counties with the Youfufeng jurisdiction as the core all have varying degrees of shortages.

Because the local area is poor!

Therefore, if someone is willing to go to the local area to be an official, and has a certain amount of talent, these places are probably welcome to raise their limbs.

Even if there is no shortage of people in Guanzhong.

Southwest Yi, Jiuquan, Zhangye and even Juyan, Liaodong, Panyu, Jiaozhi and other places should always be short of people.

In other words......

"All those who pass the written test and are eliminated in the interview can give a letter of recommendation recommending them to go to these places as official ......" Zhang Yue thought in his heart: "Say some good things and say some polite ......"

For example, I am very sorry that I am a good talent, but the number of Xinfeng officials is full, and I am willing to move to XX County XX Order......

In this way, the other party is given enough face, and he does not need to pay any price.

And if the people who get the recommendation letter are willing to go to these poor areas to serve the country, this is a good thing, whether it is the court or the locality, they will raise their hands to welcome it.

If you don't want to go, you can't help it.

Right?

The way out is given, and I do not deny that Your Excellency is indeed very capable.

It's just that there are indeed not many places in this Xinfeng election official.

Or, if you wait another year, maybe there will be a public exam next year? When the time comes, you will be able to learn from your talents!

Thinking about it like this, Zhang Yue deeply praised his wit.

Of course, if this is the case, there will be trouble, and there will be wind and rain.

That is to deliberately make trouble, in a vain attempt to undermine the stability and unity of the Han Empire, and to cause trouble in the place.

Zhang Yue will definitely let him see what is called the iron fist of the dictatorship of the feudal aristocracy!

Liu Jin looked at Zhang Yue's smirk, a little strange, and asked, "What good things did you think of?" ”

"I happened to think of an interesting story...... Zhang Yue said with a smile, and then he diverted the topic and said to Liu Jin: "Your Highness, this time the public examiner thinks that maybe the number of admissions should be expanded again......

"Hmm......" Liu Jin didn't know why, didn't he talk about a maximum of a hundred people? And Xinfeng can indeed only admit a maximum of 100 people, and no matter how much finance it has, it will not be able to bear it.

Zhang Yue did grin and said: "The minister is worried, there may be people who can't stand the minister's rules and hang up the seal, so I want a few more insurance ......"

If in the past, when Zhang Yue didn't understand his own nature, he actually required the officials to be qualified as long as they were qualified.

But not anymore!

The Xinfeng bureaucratic system he wants must be a team that can fight, win battles, and unite!

Even, in the future, if possible, he can give an order to let these people turn from civilian officials to military generals.

So he decided to take these new officials with him for a military training after admitting them.

Let them understand the rules and understand the collective honor.