In July of the first year of Jian'an, the hussar general Zhang Liao was on the table, and the imperial court issued an edict to implement the imperial examination system, and the text spread throughout the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After the news reached the state and county, the state and county were in an uproar, the princes were shocked, and the wealthy families were raging, on the contrary, the children of the poor families and poor families heard that regardless of the identity of the family, they could all throw themselves to bootstrap, all of them were boiling, and countless Confucian students from all over the world secretly flocked to Luoyang, that is, they felt that they were not knowledgeable enough and had no confidence to apply for the examination, and they were also eager to go to Luoyang to watch the scientific examination ceremony.

The first imperial examination lasted for half a year, with the county examination in September, the general examination in March of the following year, and the palace examination in April.

Zhang Liao was the main examiner of the imperial examination, considering that the first imperial examination, Hedong, Luoyang, Bingzhou, Qingzhou and Guanzhong Zhang Liao's control of the place was good, and the situation in other states and counties was complicated, and those princes may not respond to the county examination, so Zhang Liao put the county examination in the territory under his control, whether it was Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou or other places, he could rush to Luoyang, Guanzhong, Hedong, Qingzhou and other places to sign up for the county examination.

Each county has set up examiners, Zhang Liao and appointed the four major invigilators will rush to the four sides to coordinate and supervise, the north Hedong and Bingzhou is Cai Yong as the invigilator, the west Guanzhong is Zhong Xuan invigilator, the south Jingzhou, Yizhou, Yangzhou is Liu Bei invigilator, the east Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou is Cao Cao invigilator.

In addition to the four major invigilators, Zhang Liao also sent iron cavalry to escort candidates from other states and counties into Luoyang, Qingzhou and other places.

There are two test sites, one south and one north are in Luoyang and Hedong respectively, named Henan Gongyuan and Hedong Gongyuan, and the two tribute courtyards have already been under construction, and the construction will be completed in the spring of the next year, and they are all available.

At the same time, Zhang Liao also built a large number of houses in various places under his jurisdiction for foreign candidates to live in.

The imperial examination in troubled times is not easy, as Zhang Liao expected, after the document was issued, Hedong, Bingzhou, Guanzhong, and Qingzhou were in full swing to prepare, and Cao Cao's Yanzhou also responded positively, but other states and counties opposed it greatly, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers took the lead in making trouble, accusing Zhang Liao of betraying the ancestral system, destroying the family, and having Wang Mang's trip.

This was expected by Zhang Liao, because the two of them represented the power of the wealthy family, and the foundation also lay in the local wealthy family and the family, plus the two of them had an enmity with Zhang Liao, and they were even more ambitious, so how could they go along with him to carry out the imperial examination.

If the disagreement between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu was expected, then the reactions of the other princes made Zhang Liao a little disappointed.

There is no news from Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang, judging from the information from Yizhou, the local wealthy families in Yizhou strongly oppose it, and Zhao Wei, the Zhengdong Zhonglang general who supported Liu Zhang's ascension, is even more resolutely opposed, Liu Zhang's character is already cowardly, how can he stand up at this time.

Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao is the same problem, the Jingzhou family is not weaker than Yizhou, openly and secretly resisting the imperial examination, at this time Liu Biao is already bent on stability, and he has also remained silent.

What really made Zhang Liao upset was that Lu Bu, who occupied Xuzhou, was silent, so angry that he almost led his troops to sweep Lu Bu over, Zhang Liao can understand Lu Bu's difficulties, this guy is completely dependent on the family in Xuzhou, but the problem is that this guy secretly has a lot of dealings with Yuan Shu, capricious, has no overall situation, and loves to take advantage of small advantages.

In addition, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou in the north, Liu Chong, the self-proclaimed general of Chen Wang in the east, and Zhu Fu, the assassin of Jiaozhou in the south, also ignored the edict.

Sun Ce, who had just gained a foothold in Jiangdong, responded to Zhang Liao, and the imperial examination system was in line with Sun's background, but unfortunately the Jiangdong family was also very powerful, Sun Ce had already killed too much, and his foothold was not stable.

Fortunately, Zhang Liao had already prepared, and the implementation of the imperial examination was not a one-day effort, as it was better than the Sui Dynasty's implementation of the imperial examination, and the demise of the regime, Zhang Liao was already ready to use force.

However, the use of force also needed an opportunity, and Zhang Liao also planned to put the military action after the completion of the first imperial examination.

With the arrival of September, the county examination began in the counties first, with a total of more than 2,000 candidates, but most of them were from Hedong, Bingzhou and Guanzhong, and they were students from Hedong Academies and the original Chang'an Taixue, and there were not many students from other princes' territories, only less than 200.

However, with the end of the county examination, by the middle of October, there were more Confucian students who came from other places, and they did not necessarily participate, most of them came to wait and see, and Zhang Liao settled them down.

In the winter of the first year of Jian'an, the students who rushed to Luoyang had a deeper understanding of the imperial examination system, and saw that Zhang Liao took good care of him and arranged a better residence than the homes of many poor Confucian students.

After Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and other princes learned of this situation, they ordered their soldiers to block the road, capture everywhere, and ban the county order to prevent the Confucian students in the territory from rushing to Luoyang.

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Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, Shouchun County, in the state pastor's mansion, the incense burner is curling, and the sound of the piano is melodious.

Yangzhou Mu Yuanshu, who is nearly forty years old, sits on the top, squinting and listening to the sound of the piano, on one side is his main bookkeeper Yan Xiang, on the other side is a middle-aged scribe, and next to the middle-aged scribe there is a young man with a weak crown.

The young man is more than eight feet tall, with ape arms and a bee waist, dressed in white, extremely handsome, pouring himself drinks, and his expression is natural and free.

Behind the curtain on one side, the sound of the piano is euphemistic, like a mountain spring gurgling in a deep valley, which is pleasant to the ear.

But at this moment, the young man suddenly turned his head, subconsciously glanced at the curtain, and then lowered his head and drank again.

Yuan Shu, who was on the top, seemed to close his eyes and pretend to sleep, but in fact, he had been looking at the young man, and when he saw him turn his head, his slightly squinted eyes opened, and he smiled and said: "There is a mistake in people's words, Zhou Langgu, sure enough." ”

That young man was Lujiang Zhou Yu, and the middle-aged man next to him was his uncle Zhou Shang.

Zhou Yu is the most proficient in music, that is, when he is drunk, he can only detect the slightest mistake of the piano player.

A few months ago, Yuan Shu sent his cousin Yuan Yin to replace Zhou Shang as Danyang Taishou, and recalled Zhou Shang back to Shouchun, and Zhou Yu followed his uncle to Shouchun.

Yuan Shu heard that Zhou Yu was famous and proficient in music, and was praised by everyone, so he summoned Zhou Yu, and while drinking, he deliberately let the pianist play the wrong tune, and saw that Zhou Yu was really as magical as rumored, and praised it and raised his glass to Zhou Yu: "Gongjin is so proficient in music, why don't you play a song on behalf of the violinist?" ”

Zhou Yu did not get up, but raised his glass to return the salute, and said with a smile: "Today, General Meng is hospitable with wine, Yu is already drunk and hazy, his ten fingers tremble and he can't control himself, I'm afraid that he won't be able to play the piano, but he will become a laughing stock, I hope the general will forgive me." ”

Regardless of men and women, beauty always has an advantage, although Yuan Shu was rejected by Zhou Yu, but seeing him so free, he had no blame in his heart, but liked it, and had the heart of solicitation, and raised his glass and said: "Gong Jin is drunk, just play the piano, I heard that Gong Jin is quite martial arts, and knows the military strategy, and wants to take Gong Jin as a captain, I don't know how?" ”

Hearing Yuan Shu's words to solicit Zhou Yu, who was weak in his age, as the captain, Zhou Shang couldn't help but be moved and glanced at Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu didn't look down on Yuan Shu, he had been in Shouchun for a few months, and he didn't think much of Yuan Shu's personality, mind and strategy, and he just wanted to do a career with Fa Xiaosun Ce. ”

Yuan Shu saw that Zhou Yu actually refused, and he frowned, his eyes were like electricity, staring at Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu looked calm, and continued: "Yu heard that the head of the nest was victimized by the thief, if he does not give up, Yu is willing to be the head of the nest and sharpen his skills before he can serve the general." ”

When Yuan Shu heard that Zhou Yu did not refuse him, but asked himself to start from the county order, and still serve under his own hands, he turned his anger into joy: "Okay! Good! In this way, Gong Jin will first be the head of the nest, familiar with affairs, and after some time, I will reuse it. ”

Zhou Yu smiled and clenched his fists: "Thank you for the kindness of the general." ”

Yuan Shu laughed.