Most of the people who participated in the first examination in Chang'an City were recommended by various counties and generals, including less than 100 scribes and 30 military generals.

Because he once asked all counties and countries to raise filial piety, honest officials, erudition, and talents, a total of twenty, and each army commander, Zuo, and Sima Sui raised brave and knowledgeable soldiers, a total of ten people, and calculated that the entire Yongzhou should be able to recommend more than 100 scholars, and the three armies of Da Sima should be able to recommend almost the same number of warriors, right?

However, all counties and countries have reported that the talents in the jurisdiction have withered, and those who really have the ability and family background have been successively invested in Pei Gong's command, and most of the remaining ones cannot be raised, or have no intention of becoming a leader. At the same time, the generals also reported, saying that we really want to recommend the brave people of our subordinates, but the problem is that most of them have just just burst into literacy, and it is really sad to pass the cultural exam......

Among them, one of the people who participated in the clerical examination was not recommended by the county state, or even from Yongzhou, but from Qinzhou, who heard about the examination and specially begged Pei Gai to let him participate as well. This person's intentions, I have a splendid mind and a good plan, but I can't see or touch them, if I talk about it in front of Pei Gong's driving, it is easy to be jealous, it is better to take the exam and get excellent results, then I will enter the scene and hold important positions, and no one will say strange things.

But when he really got the paper, this person couldn't help but cry out when he read it, and said "It's so difficult"!

So who is this person? is not someone else, it is the second place of the Xin brothers of Longxi's "Five Dragons and One Gate, Jin Youyukun" - Xin Pan Xin Huaiyuan.

Xin Pan was originally not satisfied with his own experience, he claimed to be a pillar of the country, better than several brothers. But the problem was that according to the general practice at that time, the most important order, if the elder brother was not an official, the younger brother could not seek a job unless he had a unique fate. Xin Pan's eldest brother Xin Ming first served Sima Bao, it stands to reason that it should be Xin Pan's turn next, and at this time he happened to get the news that the imperial court was a son of Shang Shulang because of his father's merits, but Xin Pan gave up this great opportunity to his brother Xin Bin.

Because brothers, friends and brothers, they push each other, which is a virtue, which helps Xin Pan to raise his hope. However, Xin Bin pretended to give in twice, and without waiting for the third time, he took over the appointment and went directly to Chang'an, leaving Xin Pan alone disappointed and depressed - brother, why don't you push it again? If you push me again, I won't let you!

A county in Longxi, for this reason, all spread the friendship of the Xin brothers, and praised the virtue of Xin Pan and Qi. However, Xin Panxin said that Bo Yi is the eldest and Shu Qi is the youngest, and the two of them pushed back and forth, didn't they finally let Zhongzi get the throne of Guzhu Jun? Why is it that when I arrived at our house, my neutron was so unlucky......

Of the five brothers of the Xin family, two died early, and there were three left, so Xin Pan had to stay in the clan and manage the family. But he never thought about becoming an official, serving the country, and opening up a great future for himself. So when the Chang'an Incident occurred and Xin Bin fled back to his hometown, although Xin Pan reprimanded him, he did not allow his brother to return to Chang'an - he directly handed over all the family affairs to Xin Bin, and he ran to Shangtai in the name of his brother's plan.

Then after staying in Shangtai for more than half a year, Xin Pan finally couldn't bear it anymore, and got a chance to persuade his brother Xin Ming, saying that I think the king of Nanyang will be defeated sooner or later, and I must hurry up to hug Pei Gong's thick legs in order to ensure the peace of the family - leave Shangtai and go to Chang'an.

At the instigation of Xin Pan, Xin Ming had already secretly communicated with Chang'an to stay in Taiwan, so Xin Pan was able to directly confront Pei Gai and spread the news of Shangtai. Let's say that on that day, the Koji family and the Pei family all abandoned Sima Bao and left, Yang Man and Wang Lian were also pulled away by Chen An, leaving one Yang Tao alone. Therefore, not long after, Sima Bao released Zhang Chun and Yang Ci on the grounds of insufficient evidence, and then less than a month after the two officials were reinstated, Yang Tao suddenly fell off his horse and died on the way out to reorganize the army......

Therefore, today's Shangtai has returned to the world of Zhang Chun and Yang Ci, and the hundreds of bureaucrats are silent and completely dead. Xin Pan came to see Pei Gai, reported the situation, and said: "If Pei Gong has the intention of going west to Qinzhou, his brother will definitely echo inside, and the people should also eat pot pulp to welcome the king's teacher, the rebel Sima Bao, and it is not difficult to break it." ”

Pei Gai smiled and said: "And after the autumn, it is natural to cut down Qinzhou." "Then he asked you if you would go back? It's better to stay in my house and serve. Xin Pan couldn't ask for it, but after careful consideration, he still asked - let me also take the exam first.

The first one is the "test", Xin Pan was stupid as soon as he got the question - I rely on the Five Classics to get a question each, how many people in the world can answer it? Immediately, I heard that I only needed to choose a major course to answer, so I was reluctant to put my mind at ease.

Xin Huaiyuan himself is good at "Shangshu", in addition to "Poetry" and "Yi", he is now showing off his skills, so he answered three questions in a row.

Then the second session was "making a test", where three questions were given and one of them was answered. The questions are written in large characters on the wooden slab, and they are shown to all the candidates, Xin Pan takes a look, they are:

For the neighboring county farmers to encroach on the paddy fields of the county, try to represent the neighbors; Try to make a persuasion document for the order of the county; Try to ask for the Han Gaozu to discuss the cloth.

Xin Pan couldn't help smacking his tongue, and said in his heart that this topic is very level, not only covering many aspects of the official's work, which is not what ordinary readers can do, but also clearly buries a trap!

What trap? For example, the first question seems simple, and it seems to be just a very ordinary official document writing, but the problem is that you can't simply inform the neighboring county governor about it, and you can't tell the other party how to deal with it. In consideration of the harmony between the two neighboring counties, it is necessary to clearly point out the possible consequences of the people's struggle for land, and then give a number of suggestions within the limits acceptable to the other party, and the writing should not be too straightforward, so as not to be true, nor arrogant, nor humble, but to reflect the equal status and rank of the writer and the recipient.

Then there is the second question, since ancient times, the persuasion of agricultural literature is full of pits and valleys, and you can't find one of these persuasion documents, and you have nowhere to copy it. It is said that Pei Gong is more mercantil, but this is a special environment, in order to resume production as soon as possible has to take the next step, we must not blindly praise the importance of business, but ignore the foundation of the people's livelihood, agriculture. Otherwise, even if Pei Gong is satisfied, will his hundreds of subordinates be happy to see it? Those who don't look at the answer are different, how can there be a place in the future?

Let's talk about the third question, the text is easy to write, but it is better to praise Liu Bang's holy virtues, and then curse Tu Bu Gu for being unkind. But you have to have a certain understanding of history before you can really say something - where is Liu Bang's holy virtue? What is the relationship between him and Dubu, and what grievances does he have? Why did the cloth rebel? If there is a lack of basic historical knowledge, it must be empty words and clichés, which can be applied to any era, not only in the early Han Dynasty.

Xin Pan tilted his head slightly, looked left and right, and saw that there were nearly 100 people who were trying with him, and many of them scratched their ears and cheeks, and they obviously couldn't answer. Seeing this situation, Xin Huaiyuan couldn't help but relax a little - this topic is indeed difficult, I don't dare to guarantee how brilliant the article is, but as long as others are worse than me, it will work.

At the moment, I skimmed the second question—you can also choose one of these three questions—and I wrote the first and third questions, and I did them all in one stroke.

Fortunately, each exam is given a full day, unless your stomach is really empty, you won't be unable to finish writing.

On the third day, there are three questions, which can be chosen one of the three questions. The first question is to discuss the distinction between Huayi, the second is to analyze the situation in Guanzhong, and the third question is to compare the size of the Jin and Hu forces and seek a comprehensive strategy to control the enemy, which is also very in-depth. Xin Pan's main test was strategy, so he didn't dare to show off anymore this time, so he only picked the situation in Guanzhong that he was most familiar with, and carefully wrote more than 2,000 words.

After the three examinations, Pei Wei, Hu Yan, Guo Pu and others will make a preliminary evaluation, and then the best ones will be submitted to Pei Gai for personal review. It may be that there is something wrong with the question - in fact, in Pei Gai's opinion, it is not difficult at all, if you can't even answer these questions, how can you be qualified to enter my curtain - there is no one out of ten who can fit the formula. Pei should plan to blow away all those who are unqualified, Pei Wei advised: "All the test papers, all the text is in order, it can be seen that the counties are not perfunctory, and the recommendations are appropriate, as for whether it is in line with the intention of the text, it is another matter."

"The initial system of this article is very small, if there is a large number of sand tides, then who dares to apply again? Even if you don't have the talent to govern the country, you can write clearly, and you can also be a knife and pen official, but please keep everything to fill the golden horse bones. ”

Your Great Sima Shogunate is not overflowing, there are still many legal vacancies, and as a stay, there are more grassroots civil servants needed. Even if these guys don't have knowledge and ability, at least there is no big problem with the daily application of words, and they act as scribes in various departments for driving and running, which is enough.

Pei Gai kept nearly 100 people and hired them in different departments. He was originally a sub-subject test, and explained in advance that for the three groups of test questions, you can have some emphasis, erudite people try the scriptures, honest officials try to make, and talented people try to strategize, as long as you don't hand in the other two groups all blank papers, it mainly depends on the level of your main subject to determine the results.

There were eight people in the form, three of whom were erudite, two were incorruptible officials, and three were Hongcai, all of whom Pei Gai personally summoned and eagerly encouraged, and took up positions in the scene. Among them, he naturally values the three talents the most, and the first place in the exam is Xin Pan Xin Huaiyuan; The other two are the children of the Anding Hu family, surnamed Hu Mingfei Ziyun, and the other is a Shu clan in the suburbs of Chang'an, whose surname is Zhang Mingjie Byte Li.

Xin Pan felt that his grades were good, and several articles were not full of flowers, and they were all stable, who wanted to be picked out by Pei Cai. Pei Gai asked him with a smile: "Qing made a text for Han Gaozu to beg for cloth, but - Lu Li was indiscriminately in Han Fu and formed in Han Ji, just ask who could do it at the beginning of the Han Dynasty?" If Qing offers it with this, he will not wait for the cloth to be at a loss, and I am afraid that the ancestors will drown it! ”

Xin Panxin said how did I forget this...... You've dug deep enough in this pit, no wonder there are only three or two kittens who have been summoned in the end......

Fortunately, Pei Gai did not blame Xin Pan deeply, because of the times, the volumes handed in this time were basically all prose, not a single prose. Pei Gai's excuse is to make the generals understand, the people can understand, military orders, government orders can be carried out smoothly, and the official documents exchanged in the shogunate must be written in prose unless necessary, and try to use as few sentences as possible, but these scholars under the wild may not know. His heart said that under my low eaves, you must bow your head, and I don't believe that I can't twist it—isn't it true that you can't move your pen if you don't fight and rhyme?

This is only a literary test, in addition to a martial arts test. The martial arts test is divided into two subjects: Yongrui and Zhibing, both of which are two assessments: Yongrui first takes the Five Classics - of course, the requirements are lowered, and if you can translate a few sentences of ancient Chinese, you can probably understand the meaning - and then try the bow horse, but the pass rate is quite high; Both of the Zhibing Section are written exams, first the Five Classics, and then the Art of War.

There are several Kansai scholars, probably hoping to put pen to paper and follow the class Dingyuan, and they are also recommended to take the "Zhibing" subject, but they often pass the first test easily, and as soon as they get the paper in the second game, they are completely dumbfounded. The question describes in detail what kind of terrain it is, what kind of weather it is, how many soldiers you carry, what quality, what equipment, how many soldiers you encounter the enemy head-on, what quality, what kind of equipment...... Answer me, how do you command to win this battle?

This topic is not difficult for those soldiers who have actual combat experience selected and recommended by the generals from the army, but for those soldiers who have never been on the battlefield, this special belly full of Sun, Wu, Liutao, and Sanluo is all useless! The results were all gone.

Pei should not depose them all, according to Pei Wei's suggestion, enter the scene, start from the low-level officials in charge of the military, and wait until you really understand what war is all about, and you are familiar with my military discipline, after passing the loyalty test, you may be able to be released to serve as an intermediate Sima.

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After the exam, just as the autumn harvest was over, Chang'an suddenly received a request for help from Wudu County.

Although Wudu belongs to Qinzhou, Sima Bao can't control it at all, because the territory is vertical and horizontal, and there are many dock forts, and the situation is very complicated - the most powerful of them is Yang Maoso, the king of Baiqing, and almost half of them have a county.

Yang Mao's original surname is Linghu, and he is the nephew of Yang Feilong, the chief of Baimayi in Luoyang County, because Feilong has no children, he made him his heir and changed his surname to Yang. In the rebellion of Qi Wannian in Guanzhong that year, Yang Maosou led more than 4,000 households to avoid Qiuchi, and called himself the general of the auxiliary country and the king of the right sage, because he treated people generously, so the surrounding Jin Rong came to depend, and its momentum grew.

After Sima Ye succeeded to the throne in Chang'an, in order to stabilize the rear, he restrained Yang Maosou and worshiped him as the hussar general and the king of Zuoxian, while Sima Bao ordered his eldest son Yang Nandi to be the general of Zhengnan. However, in Qiuchi, Yang Maosou was closed and called the king of his own house, so later generations regarded him as the founding monarch of the "former Qiuchi State".

In the original history, the Yang family has long been entrenched in the Qiuchi area, and Yang Maosou's descendants have successively established five separatist regimes in Houqiuchi, Wudu, Wuxing and Yinping, which lasted for nearly 300 years, and was finally destroyed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

In May of this year, Yang Maosou died, and the family was divided into two parts: the eldest son Yang Nandi proclaimed himself King Zuoxian, and changed his argument; The young son Yang Jiantou called himself the right virtuous king and settled in the river pool.

When Yang Ci heard the news, he took the opportunity to persuade Sima Bao to send troops south to help Yang Jian's head attack on him. Yang Jiantou was terrified when he heard the report, so he had to send an envoy to the east to ask Chang'an for reinforcements......