Heavily armed soldiers lined up on either side of the gate, their swords and guns glaring enough to deter anyone or force who dared to do anything here.

Shaofu Ling Chen Wannian stood at the door of this examination room, looking at the scholars who had already lined up.

"Captain Shidu, it's time to go, it's time to let go!" Chen Wan said in a young voice to Shi Gao, the commander of the horses, who was standing next to him.

In this examination, the Han court realized the double insurance responsibility system.

That is, an examination room, assigning a minister at the level of Jiuqing and a military general with more than 2,000 stones.

If there is fraud, dereliction of duty or other major accidents in the examination room, then these two ministers will bow down and step down!

However, the design of mutual supervision and restraint in the system can ensure to the greatest extent that no one can play tricks and open the back door.

This examination room in the arsenal is jointly responsible for Chen Wannian and Shi Gao.

In the eyes of most people, Shi Gao was arranged to be responsible for the safety and order of this examination room with Chen Wannian, which is actually a trick to change the concept of today.

After this examination, Shi Gao, the captain of the horse, partnered with Chen Wannian, as long as there is no problem, then after the examination, his status will quickly approach the first level of Jiuqing.

In the future, if you are released as a local county guard, or hang the general's seal to go on the expedition, there will be a foundation.

Otherwise, generally the Son of Heaven and his ministers are released, and they all start from the military generals at the level of county commanders or captains and captains.

However, no one has any doubts about today's decision.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, the emperor cultivates a descendant who is loyal to himself, which is a natural and correct thing!

Emperor Xiaojing came to power that year. Within a year, he killed Deng Tong, kicked Zhang Shizhi, left Wei Juan idle, directly appointed Chao Cuo as the internal history, and jumped to the position of Jiuqing in one step.

In contrast, the methods and pace of the present are much gentler and more acceptable than those of the previous emperors.

It is precisely because of this that the government and the opposition will acquiesce in or even support many of the new monarch's policy adjustments!

And Chen Wannian is the beneficiary of Xinjun's behavior.

Originally, his position as a Shaofu Cheng was not very stable, if the first emperor was still alive now, I am afraid that he would have to be replaced as a Shaofu Cheng.

After the death of the first emperor, Chen Wannian had even written the resignation sheet - the ministers of the Han family are generally very backbone and very face-saving, usually, the emperor only needs to hint at a certain minister, such as 'Qing Lao' or 'Qing should be an example for the world' and the like, then the minister will honestly resign and beg for bones.

Like Zhang Cang, the Marquis of Beiping, who was in the position of prime minister back then. Those who refuse to hand over their resignations will not only be disgusted by the emperor, but also widely condemned by public opinion.

And Chen Wannian thought that he was not a descendant of the new monarch, and secondly, he did not have any special relationship with the new monarch, and the new monarch would inevitably appoint a henchman to control such an important institution as the Shaofu.

On the contrary, he was also commended by the Son of Heaven for his meritorious leadership in papermaking, and many Meng Yizi were honored as Lang.

It seems that if nothing else, Chen Wannian feels that he should be able to sit in the Shaofu Decree safely, and may even go further.

In the Han Dynasty, those who can work steadily in Jiuqing's tenure can basically become a member of the elders and ministers, enjoy special treatment, and let their children and grandchildren enjoy their own political heritage.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Wannian is now almost the most loyal person to Liu Che, the new monarch, among all the ministers of Jiuqing!

Shi Gao on the side didn't know these reasons, after listening to Chen Wannian's words, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Boy, junior, everything is up to Gong Chen!" ”…

Chen Wannian nodded, and ordered to the left and right, "Let's start letting go!" Let Yousi prepare to distribute the test papers, and notify the kitchen to prepare mung bean porridge and herbal tea, the weather is so hot, you must be prepared for heatstroke, and the imperial doctor must also be ready to save people at any time! ”

With Chen Wannian's order, there were immediately officials wearing official uniforms of various grades who took the order.

I have to say that Shaofu is indeed a wonder.

This yamen, which only obeyed the emperor's orders, was almost an independent small kingdom.

There is its own army, land, tax department, judicial department.

It can produce everything that humans can now produce, from farm tools to precision weapons to large bronze ritual vessels.

It can also complete everything from road construction to castle construction.

In other words, even if the other yamen of the Han family betrayed the emperor, as long as the Shaofu still obeyed the emperor himself, then the emperor still had a chance to turn the tables!

This is also the reason why the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty is strong - even if the whole world betrays his brother, so what, as long as the Shaofu and the army are still obeying orders, then brother can push everything back on.

At this time, under Chen Wannian's order, Shaofu, a terrifying machine, was running quickly and efficiently.

With the energy of Shaofu, it is naturally a piece of cake to supply and maintain summer supplies and medical services for a mere 2,000 people.

However, today, Shaofu needs to supply all the reference scholars in the entire Chang'an, and this resource is inevitably a little tight.

However, Chen Wannian is standing here, isn't it obvious where the resources are prioritized?

After a while, a Qianshi official came over and reported, "Qi Ming Mansion and Du Wei, Xia Guan was ordered to escort the test papers, please ask Ming Mansion and Du Wei to check!" He was followed by hundreds of heavily armed soldiers, who drove several blocked wagons.

When Chen Wannian and Shi Gao heard this, they hurriedly stepped forward.

In order to prevent the test questions from being leaked before the start of the exam, the Han Office has adopted extremely strict confidentiality measures this time.

For example, the questions to be taken today are written by PhDs from various schools.

After these test questions were completed, all the doctors were invited to live in the Weiyang Palace, and an army that was transferred back from the Great Wall by the edict of the Son of Heaven kept protecting these people at twelve hours.

These doctors can only be allowed to leave Weiyang Palace after today's round of examinations.

In addition, all the staff, eunuchs, and craftsmen who participated in the creation or knowledge of the problem were all in this way, and their personal freedom was restricted and no contact with anyone was allowed.

In the same way, the officials of the various departments and yamen, as well as the nobles and celebrities who were in charge of the second round of examinations, were also protected in this way.

Under such measures, it is now impossible for anyone who knows the content of the test questions to anyone who can still do it publicly, except for the Son of Heaven, the Prime Minister, and the Imperial Doctor.

Chen Wannian and Shi Gao naturally don't know the content of the test questions.

At this moment, of course, they are also curious, what is going to be tested in this first round?

Anyway, since the test questions have been escorted, there is naturally no need to avoid suspicion.

So, Chen Wannian took out the key, opened the sealed door on a carriage, and said to Shi Gao, "Captain Shi, why don't we take a look at the content of the test questions first?" "

When Chen Wannian opened the door, he revealed the inside — a locked wooden box.

Chen Wannian made a gesture of please, and Shi Gao stepped forward, took out his key, and opened the box, which was full of paper test papers that had been pressed flat layer by layer by layer of wooden sheets.

Shi Gao smiled slightly, picked up a test paper that was pressed by the wooden scumbag, and looked at it in his hand.

As one of the invigilators in the examination room, Shi Gao knew that today's round of examination was divided into three test papers and 21 questions.

As a close attendant of the Son of Heaven, Shi Gao also knew that the Son of Heaven had decided to introduce a scoring system for all rounds of the examination this time.

In each round of examination, the full score is 100 points.

In the first round of examinations, there will be ten questions on the first paper, but each question is only three points.

In other words, even if all the questions on the first paper are correct, and all of them get a perfect score, it will only be 30 points.

And if you want to pass the first round of examinations and successfully get the pass to be an official, you need to get at least 60 points.

The meaning of the Son of Heaven is that sixty points is passed.

These 60 points are also the watershed that divides straw bales and talents.

Shi Gao glanced at the test paper and nodded.

Truly!

The questions on this paper are very simple.

It's basically common sense that anyone who has read a book should know.

For example, if the question is asked, what is the title of Qin General Baiqi?

Even a three-year-old child knows that the name of the Marquis of Wu'an, right?

There is also a question like this, please list the title of the 21st rank of military merit of the national dynasty and the corresponding number of land grants and the size of the mansion.

Scoop looks. Thirty points for these questions is a waste!

As long as it's not stupid. To be able to read and write, you must be able to answer these answers!

If you can't even answer these answers correctly, then this guy can wash and sleep.

Shi Gao's mind is more delicate, he noticed that there is a line of small characters on the right side of the test paper, if there is untidy test paper, smearing, typos in the text, etc., if there is a test paper, 5 to 10 points will be deducted.

It's a small line. And it is hidden at the edge of the test paper, if you don't carefully review the whole paper. I'm afraid I can't see it.

"That's right!" Shi Gao thought to himself, "If he writes the wrong words and the scroll is scribbled, what use do you want such a person?" ”

Take the test paper in your hand to Chen Wannian to see. Scott picked up the second volume.

Compared with the first test paper, the questions on this paper are undoubtedly the existence of another dimension.

Although the same test is also basic general knowledge.

But......

After reading this volume, Shi Gao clenched his fists and praised, "That's right, the person who produced this volume should be promoted and placed in a more important position!" ”

Compared to the first paper, there are only seven questions on this paper.

The first question is: Emperor Taizu Gao punished the white horse, and what is the alliance?

The moment Scoop saw this question. subconsciously gave the answer in his heart, not the Liu family but the king, and the world will fight it together!

The second question is to try to describe the full text of Emperor Taizong's edict on the removal of slander.

If any scholar in the world has never heard of this famous edict, then what kind of official is he still doing?

The third question is to ask Emperor Taizong Xiaowen about his merits.

This question. The imperial court has already issued an official explanation to the world, and it is enough to copy it.

The fourth question is the content of the edict issued by the first emperor after his accession to the throne.

From the beginning of the fifth question, it involves the edict after the enthronement of the present lord.

For example, never give an edict and so on.

All seven questions, each of which is worth six points, for a total of forty-two points.

In other words, as long as the first two papers are answered correctly. And don't get deducted points, then. It should be more than enough to pass this round of examinations. …

From these two test papers, Shi Gao can clearly see Jinshang's attitude towards the examination.

Judging from the existing questions in this round of examinations alone, the officials that Jinshang wants to choose are those who have a certain cultural foundation, are loyal to the imperial court, and are loyal to the Son of Heaven.

Those who do not care about the measures of the imperial court and are not sensitive to politics will be identified by these seven questions in one fell swoop.

Even the imperial court doesn't care, the current affairs don't care, what is the use of a nerd who is immersed in reading, no matter how talented he is?

Judging from Shi Gao, the author of this paper is simply a political talent!

Brainwashing.

If you think about it carefully, you can understand that when a scholar encounters these problems in the examination room, even if he already knows the answer, but,

After all, it is an exam, and it is also related to the future of the family, so I will naturally weigh it carefully and recall.

Then, the process of copying on the paper is itself a brainwashing.

More importantly, after this examination, I am afraid that the vast majority of young people who are interested in their careers will begin to study with the edicts and edicts of the emperors of the Han dynasty to fully understand the spirit!

"I Have a Catalogue of Ghosts and Gods"

This kind of examination question is simply too appetizing for Shi Gao, who has begun to lean towards Legalist thought in terms of political leanings.

It's just that what Shi Gao didn't know was that these seven questions were listed under the instruction of Liu Che, the emperor.

As a traverser, Liu Che is too familiar with the political activity of studying and implementing the spirit of the speech of his superiors!

Before the crossing, as a fart citizen, Liu Che certainly didn't have a good impression of this kind of fake and empty political performance.

But as the saying goes, the ass determines the brain.

When he crossed over, especially after sitting on the emperor's seat, he was shocked to find that the ideological education work of our Great Heavenly Empire was very advanced!

What does an official do?

Politics, of course!

How can a person who engages in politics not take a political stance? An official whose political position is contrary to the highest level, he knows what he will do with his ass!

It's good to take this thing, but if you don't control it well, what if you get a political group like the Donglin Party?

Therefore, it is better to use the method of my Great Celestial Empire!

The Three Stresses Movement of Emperor Sejong of the Celestial Dynasty needs to be brought to this era in advance to run.

Political and ideological education should be taught every year and every day!

How do you say that?

The Celestial Empire started from learning Taizu Thought and Taizong Theory, with horses as skins, capital as bones, and guns in hand, I have the world!

As for the Han room, a slight change is enough.

Anyway, the Celestial Empire does not have a space-time administration, so he can't come to the Western Han Dynasty to ask Liu Che for copyright fees.

What's more, in this pre-AD era, there was no Internet, no television, no media, and basically what the ruling class said, what was believed below.

There is simply no better fit for the Celestial Empire model than in such an era!

Shi Gao didn't know this, so he was naturally very curious and appreciative of this questioner.

Because his position determines that he will naturally have a natural liking for all actions that strengthen the power of the central government.

He read the test paper and picked up the last one.

Compared to the first two, this paper has very few titles.

There are only four questions in total.

But the difficulty has skyrocketed!

Because they all do math!

The first question is quite normal, and it maintains the same style as the previous questions.

It asks questions that are one of the foundations of arithmetic, please try the Pythagorean theorem!

After last year's examination, the guy who doesn't know how to buy this nine-chapter arithmetic is stupid!

Of course, the score for this question is also very low, only five points.

The second question is also relatively normal, asking a question about land area, this kind of thing to calculate land area, in the grassroots yamen, is a very common and most common copywriting work, whether it is tax collection or property inventory, need to measure the land area. …

As for the last question, after reading it, Shi Gao was silent for a long time.

Because, this question is exactly the same as the edict of the Son of Heaven asking the ministers two days ago! It's just that the tone and wording have been slightly changed.

To put it simply, this is actually a political question.

There is no fixed answer at all, and the number of points to give depends entirely on the personal perception of the marking officer.

But the reason for Sco's silence is not this.

The reason for his silence is that next to this question, there is a line of words, which is very clearly and clearly marked with a score of eight points for this question!

And the previous two arithmetic problems, one is seven points and the other is eight points.

In other words, this question about national policy has the same status in the minds of today's children as those two arithmetic problems!

"Your Majesty, this is showing with the most solemn attitude that he attaches importance to arithmetic!" Scoop immediately thought of the key.

It's just that......

Is arithmetic really that important?

Shi Gao was a little unconvinced.

Note: Was the gold of the Qin and Han dynasties gold?

A lot of people have been in doubt.

But after I checked a lot of information, I confirmed that the gold of the Qin and Han dynasties was gold!

According to historical records, Qin and the world, the currency is second-class. Gold was listed in the name of overflow, so the gold currency circulated throughout the country. Since the founding of the Celestial Dynasty, 1 gold cake of the Qin Dynasty was unearthed in Xingping Nianliu Village, Shaanxi, with a gold content of 99%, a diameter of 5.1 cm, a weight of 260 grams, and the word "Yin" was engraved at the bottom; Later, 8 pieces of Qin and Han gold cakes were unearthed in the cellar of Wujiatun in Lintong, Shaanxi, of which 1 piece of the original number 96 weighed 253.5 grams and was engraved with the words "benefit two halves". Obviously, the "benefit" here is related to the overflow of the Qin Dynasty's "gold in the name of overflow". Yi and two are the monetary units of the Qin Dynasty, and the excavation of the Qin gold cake in Shaanxi shows that the gold currency is not only in circulation in the Chu State, but also in other regions.

And the Qin Dynasty Yiyi was about 24 taels.

In the Han Dynasty, gold appeared in people's eyes in catties.

According to the unearthed Han Dynasty gold cakes, there is basically no difference in size, weight and gold content with the Qin Dynasty gold cakes. For example, in 1974, 6 pieces of Western Han gold cakes were found at the North Shiqiao Site of Yuhua Village in Xi'an, Shaanxi, with a weight of 257.65 grams, 258.8 grams, 249.55 grams, 261.9 grams, 246.4 grams, and 245.6 grams, with an average of 253.31 grams per piece, roughly around 250 grams.