On May 20, the first imperial examination after the official establishment of the Western Wei Dynasty finally kicked off in Xi'an.

More than 1,300 scholars from Guanzhong, Huguang, Nanyang, Jiangnan and other places came to compete for more than 120 places.

I have to say that these more than 1,000 people are undoubtedly lucky to come here at this time.

When most of the juzi were still holding a wait-and-see attitude towards the Western Wei Dynasty, the competitive pressure on them in this exam was undoubtedly much less.

Now is the time for the Western Wei Dynasty to employ people, a lot of official positions need talents to hold, as long as the knowledge of the people is not really unavailable, the feudal government is willing to train and appoint.

If the prestige of the Western Wei Dynasty is further improved and the feudal government is on the right track, I am afraid that there will not be such a good opportunity to take the exam later, and even if I am admitted, I will have to sit on the cold bench for a period of time, and even have to go through the relationship to wait for a real vacancy.

Most of the people who can participate in the imperial examination of the Western Wei Dynasty are people with active minds, and the examination is to apply what they have learned and make a fortune as an official.

Therefore, every person cherishes this opportunity and treats this imperial examination with the greatest enthusiasm.

After Gao Yihuan became the king and became the lord of a country, the ideas in his mind came out one after another, and he wanted to build the Western Wei Dynasty into a great country, but he suffered from lack of skills and could not realize many of his ideas immediately.

He actually has some opinions on the imperial examination, but he has limited energy now and really doesn't have the strength to toss, so he hasn't changed much.

Therefore, the imperial examination in the Western Wei Dynasty is no different from that of the Ming Dynasty, the process is almost the same, and the examination is also Bagu.

The location of the examination was in the original Xi'an Mansion, and several nearby mansions were also temporarily requisitioned as examination rooms by the feudal government.

Jiangnan Fushe has great influence in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and its members are all leaders among the younger generation of Jiangnan scholars.

Chen Zhenhui, Hou Fangyu, Mao Xiang, Fang Yizhi, and Chen Zilong among the four sons of the late Ming Dynasty were all cadres of the Restoration Society, and even Chen Mingxia under Gao Yihuan was once a member of the Restoration Society, but after he surrendered to Dashun in Beijing, he was expelled from the Restoration Society.

At this time, after the failure of the Ming and Qing Dynasty negotiations, the Fushe lost the opportunity to turn over and was already in disintegration.

Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, and others became members of the imperial party, while others joined forces with Ma Ruan, while the rest continued to struggle for support, or find new ways out, to realize their ambitions and make political demands on behalf of the Jiangnan gentry.

In this imperial examination of the Western Wei Dynasty, Chen Zhenhui came by herself to realize her ambitions, and before Mao Xiang and others came, they actually got the support of the Donglin boss.

Now the reform strategy of the imperial party has seriously damaged the interests of the gentry in Jiangnan, but Donglin, who represents their interests, has lost the right to speak in the court and cannot influence the policies of Nanjing, so they need to make their voices heard from other channels.

In the eyes of the Donglin boss, it may be a way out to let the son of the Fushe come to the Western Wei Dynasty to participate in the imperial examination.

This is also for the sake of future consideration, in case the Western Wei Dynasty seized the world, with the Donglin Party members in the Western Wei Dynasty, the interests of the Jiangnan gentry could be protected, so as not to be bloodily purged in the change of dynasty.

When these sons entered the Western Wei court, they could gradually bring Gao Yihuan on the right path of safeguarding the interests of the gentry, prevent Gao Yihuan from learning from Li Zicheng and go to the evil path, and transform the Western Wei Dynasty into a regime that conformed to the interests of the gentry.

In this way, even if the dynasty changes, it will only be the old Zhu family replaced by the old Gao family, and they are still the officials.

Mao Xiang and the others came to the examination room, thinking about the big man's serious words, Gao Jingzhong rose strongly, and sooner or later he had to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

If the Western Wei Dynasty seized the world, then there must be officials from Jiangnan in the Western Wei Dynasty.

On the surface, the Donglin Party members were loyal and patriotic, but in fact they attached more importance to the interests of small groups, and Li Zicheng broke Beijing, and many Party members directly surrendered to Dashun in order to continue to hold power.

The Qing army captured Nanjing, and Qian Qianyi and others surrendered directly, also in order to protect their own interests, but later found that they could not protect it, so they embarked on the road of resisting the Qing.

If they can surrender to the Qing Dynasty, they will also be able to take refuge in the Western Wei Dynasty, especially when Donglin loses power in Nanjing, and Nanjing does not protect their interests, secretly communicating with the Western Wei Dynasty, and even colluding with the Manchu Qing Dynasty is a possible thing.

At this time, before dawn, many people came to the examination room with lanterns, and the streets were dotted with stars, like a galaxy in the night sky, which was particularly spectacular.

Chen Zhenhui bowed her hand and said: "Brother Bijiang, the top list in high school!" ”

"Each other! Each other! Everyone has to pass the exam! Mao Xiang smiled in return, and a group of people were examined together before entering the examination room.

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The exam lasted for three days, and on the third day, the lifters came out of the examination room one after another, and everyone had a solemn look on their faces, and their mood was heavy, obviously the questions of the exam were not easy.

Many scholars walked out of the examination room, and returned to the post house where they settled together, and some of the scholars who felt that they had not taken the exam were ready to pack up their things and return to their hometowns.

"Brother Dingsheng, how did you do in the exam?" As soon as they met, Mao Xiang couldn't wait to ask.

As a former re-establishment officer, Chen Zhenhui can be said to be a rich learner, and the content of the exam is naturally difficult for him.

"I think it's not bad, the exam questions have been answered, as for whether you can win, it depends on how the examiner chooses." Chen Zhenhui said with a smile: "How did Brother Bijiang do in the exam, there should be no problem!" “

Mao Xiang smiled bitterly: "The previous answers are all good, but the latter strategy is a little uncertain." “

Chen Zhenhui said: "There is one more question in this exam, which does not require style, the question is "The Distinction between the Country and the World", which is said to be the question personally issued by His Royal Highness!" ”

Speaking of which, Chen Zhenhui admired Gao Yihuan a little, he never expected that Gao Yihuan could come up with such a high-level topic.

Mao Xiang said: "That's it, I'm not afraid of Brother Dingsheng's jokes, I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't think of it, which scripture and allusion it came from!" ”

Chen Zhenhui said: "I don't know about this, but this question is actually easy to solve, and you only need to consider His Highness's intention to come up with this question, and you can solve it." I thought that this question was actually a political question, which was used to screen our movers. Mainly argues the relationship between the Western Wei Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the world, as long as the answer is politically biased towards the Western Wei Dynasty, it will be considered a pass! ”

Hearing his words, there were two people behind Mao Xiang, and their faces immediately turned pale, and they were loyal and patriotic during the exam.

This is obviously not understanding the intention of the questioner, and if you don't review the question properly, you will be wrong to put pen to paper. This imperial examination is the selection of talents by the Western Wei State, and it is natural to conduct an investigation on the political tendency, if it is not inclined to the Western Wei Dynasty, then how can you be an official?

Loyal to the monarch and patriotic, this is not impossible to pull, but you have to wait for Gao Yihuan to sit in the world, and then pull it, it is too early to pull it now, undoubtedly I don't understand Gao Yihuan's needs at this time, and the political level is not up to par.

This is like the Manchu Qing Dynasty later compiling "The Biography of Erchen", can he do it from the beginning?

Mao Xiang was reluctant to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard it, he wrote too much eight-strand text, and suddenly he was a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, he was not rigid, he touched the general direction, and he also slapped a few words of horses.

At this time, he relaxed a little, and saw a few people in his companion with solemn expressions, "Okay, don't think about it after the exam, brothers, let's go to the wine shop to drink!" ”

"Okay, let's have a drink!" Chen Zhenhui was in a good mood and immediately agreed.

After the examination, it will take a few more days to mark the papers, and the scholars will have to stay in Xi'an for a few days.

Some of them stayed at the inn, some visited Xi'an, and many of them were attracted by the newly built workshops outside the city and ran outside to visit.

In the temporary palace, Gao Yihuan opened his hand, Zhao Juan was draping a piece of cloth on him, and after he was about to choose the cloth, he instructed the Ministry of Rites to make him a wedding dress.

At this time, Li Laiheng walked up quickly and said in Gao Yihuan's ear: "King, General Zhou is back!" ”

"Zhou Ronghua?" Gao Yihuan raised his eyebrows, threw the cloth to Zhao Juan, and then asked, "Where are the others?" ”

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