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As he poured boiling water into the bowl, he rhythmically stirred the tea whisk to bring out the tea paste and soup flowers.

Lu Xin stopped talking, and looked at Lu Yun concentrating on ordering tea, with a calm expression.

"I didn't expect my father to be the leader of the literary test," After ordering tea, Lu Yun served the tea cup and said softly: "I haven't heard anyone mention it." ”

Lu Xin took the teacup, gently blew the milky white soup flowers, and said indifferently: "It's all old yellow calendar, why do you mention it?" ”

"Hehe......" Lu Yun smiled and said, "So, my father was rated as a second-grade middle school back then?" ”

"That's nature." Lu Xin finally couldn't hide his complacency and said: "Historically, the leader of the literary examination and martial arts test will be rated as the second grade and the middle school. ”

Lu Yun nodded. He naturally knew that since the founding of the country, Daxuan had updated the Nine Grades of Officials Law of the previous dynasty, and used the inspection method to determine the taste of officials.

The so-called nine-grade official law is to evaluate those who are ready to go out of office into nine grades: upper, upper, upper, middle, lower, and then awarded according to the quality. Of course, the next three grades can't be awarded......

The original Nine Grades Official Law only determined the grade of the person being evaluated based on his family background and behavior. Family background is the family origin and background, which refers to the seniority of the fathers and grandparents, the situation of the eunuchs and the level of the title. Conduct is the individual's character and talent.

Obviously, the evaluation of the line is a very subjective thing, mixed with too many personal likes and dislikes, distant and close relatives. No matter how famous you are and how great your ability is, if the central official is not happy with you, he can still give you a bad comment of 'advocating false fame, talent and virtue', and get you into the inferior grade.

In order for a set of rules to become long-term rules, it is necessary to minimize subjective evaluation and increase quantifiable objective evaluation. So what's the most objective? Naturally, it's a family background. Whose family background is good, whose family is high, there is no need to blush and have a thick neck, everyone makes it clear that the comparison is.

My father is a marquis, and your father is an earl, so I will have a better family background than you. Our fathers are at the same level, but my grandfather is higher than your grandfather, and my family background is naturally better than yours......

Obviously, this method is also the most in line with the interests of the ministers and high-ranking families, and naturally has their full support.

Therefore, the evaluation of talents by the Jiupin Guanren Law quickly became a competition of family background. Whoever is of high birth will be rated as high-quality. Whoever has a low background, no matter how capable you are, you can only be rated as a lower grade, and you will not have a chance to clear the temple. This is the so-called 'high-grade non-cold people, low-grade non-scholars.' ’

But this method is really harmful, and countless Shu people have no way out and have a grudge against the court. On the side of the scholars, they don't need any effort at all, they can be rated as high-grade and high-ranking officials at a young age. Naturally, the children of the scholar clan will no longer study hard and practice martial arts, but only know how to have fun and enjoy luxury, and soon become parasites who are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains and grains.

With the rapid decline of the Shi clan and the centrifugal detachment of the Shu clan, the country naturally decayed at an alarming rate, and then fell apart, and was taken advantage of by the Hu people, occupying the Central Plains for three hundred years, and even the Han family's clothes almost didn't exist!

When Emperor Gaozu and his comrades-in-arms finally eliminated the Hu people after a lot of hardships and rebuilt China, they naturally had to learn from the pain and not let the tragedy happen again. According to Emperor Gaozu's intentions, it is natural to abolish the Nine Grades Official Law, and only then use the meritocracy, meritocracy, and meritocracy.

However, this proposition of Gaozu was strongly opposed by the Seven Great Gates, and even the clan was in an uproar. Although Emperor Gaozu had the merit of rebuilding the society, but without the blessing of the jade seal of the country, he always lost a little confidence, and finally had to make a compromise - both sides made a concession and still used the nine-grade official method to take scholars, but when assessing the grade, the family background and behavior can only determine whether the evaluation object is classified into the upper three grades, the middle three grades or the lower three grades.

As for which of the three or middle three grades will be determined in the end, it is necessary to assess their talents. Of course, the top grade and the middle grade are assessed separately, and no matter how good the middle grade is, at most it can only be set as the fourth grade and the upper grade, and will not be promoted to the top three grades.

In the same way, no matter how bad the upper three grades are, they will not fall into the middle three grades. As for the lower three grades, because they are not qualified to be directly awarded, they are not even qualified to be assessed.

Although there is still a clear distinction between the top, middle and lower grades, the change is still very positive. It makes the family background no longer the whole basis of grade evaluation, and if you want to get the best possible grade, you have to rely on real talent and real learning. Although they are still high-grade Wuhan scholars, the children of the Shu clan can learn through talent and learning, and they can obtain the highest four-grade assessment, and they are directly awarded official positions by the imperial court, which is something they never dared to think of before.

The children of the scholar clan also dare not slack off, although the seven major lords can easily seek official positions for their children, but the grade examination is related to the honor of the family, and those who can win good rankings will undoubtedly be trained by the family. If you embarrass your family in the exam, you naturally don't want to have a better day.

Of course, the former refers to the elite children who take the upper grade exam. The latter refers to ordinary children who take the mid-grade exam...... Because the children of Shu officials and landlords will also enter the middle grade examination, those children of the scholar clan who cannot be rated as the top grade have to compete directly with them. If the results are not as good as the Shu people, how to explain the superiority of the Shi people? Naturally, he will be disgusted by his family.

As for the lucky ones who took the top-grade exam, it was not so easy. Because even a top scholar like the Seven Great Lords can only get four top-grade places each time. The Jiupin Official Law stipulates that inspections are conducted once every three years. That is to say, every three years, only four children will be rated as the top grade, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is one in a million.

If the selected children get too poor a place in the next spring's examination, and the person who is recommended and decided to be selected will be scolded by the clan, believing that they have been selected by someone who has abused their power for personal gain, which will not only disgrace the clan, but also cut off the future of others. If all four of the children are too ugly, the Council of Elders may even propose to remove the deacon in charge!

Of course, if you can get a good ranking, you will become a key training object in the clan, and the future is naturally bright!

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"The top-grade exam is divided into two parts: the essay test and the martial arts test." Lu Xin drank tea and said softly: "According to the example, the first person in the civil and military examination will be rated as the second grade, and if both the civil and military can pick up the yuan, he will be eligible to be rated as the first grade." It's almost impossible, though. ”

"It's man-made." Lu Yun also held a cup of tea and said with confidence.

"Don't underestimate the heroes of the world." Lu Xin frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Those who participate in the top-grade examination are all the top talents of the world's corporal clan. There is no essay exam or martial arts exam, it is really difficult to win the championship, although I Lu Valve is a family heirloom with poetry and books, and the top seven valves in literature and education, but since the founding of the country, I can win the yuan in the literary exam, but only twice. ”

"I took the exam seven times in total, which is not less." Lu Yun took a sip of tea, and Yun smiled lightly.

"Okay...... a wry smile appeared on the corner of Lu Xin's mouth, and said, "But first you have to be one of the four candidates for my land valve." ”

"Lu Feng should have a vacant spot, right?" Lu Yun said softly.

"That's natural, he has embarrassed this valve, the valve owner has ordered an all-out pursuit, and the official rating must not even think about it." Lu Xin nodded, and changed his words: "But it is still more difficult to compete for the vacated place he vacated." ”

"I thought that the valve owner would be a favor and give the quota to my father." Lu Yun said quietly.

"Hey, think beautifully......" Lu Xin scolded with a smile, but in fact, he also had a strong impulse at that time, wanting to ask Lu Shang for Lu Feng's vacant place. But Lu Shang didn't talk about this, so how could he speak?

"At this point, the whole clan will know." Lu Yun smiled bitterly: "Don't you want to break your head for this place?" ”

"That's nature." Lu Xin bowed his head and smiled slightly: "But you do have an advantage." Today, in the court, Li Dayin boasted about your good life, and even the emperor became interested in you. He laughed and said, "What a calculation! ”

"Uh......" Lu Yun said with a little embarrassment: "Actually, I really didn't think about it so much at the time, I was just forced." ”

"Anyway, you're registered with the emperor." Lu Xin said in a deep voice: "The emperor will go to the palace next month to escape the summer, and he will order you to accompany him, this is an opportunity that the children of the scholar clan can't ask for." If you grasp it well, it will definitely help you to compete for a place. ”

"But it's also very dangerous," Lu Yun didn't ...... happy.

"Yes." Lu Xin nodded, holding back a smile.