Hou Xuan evolved into the Forbidden City, first went to Wenyuan Pavilion and met with three scholars.

"Congratulations to the prince for winning a daughter."

"Rejoice and rejoice."

The three of them congratulated first, and then began to discuss today's major event, abolishing the Eight Shares and normalizing the May Enke. Chen Mingyu is from a classic history background, and he hates those officials in the officialdom who only know how to study to death, and he has no objection to Hou Xuanyan's restructuring.

Zhang Huangyan first expressed his worries: "For example, there are many scholars today, who spend their whole lives studying knowledge, if they suddenly depose the Eight Gu Scholars, is it too cruel for them?" ”

Hou Xuanyan said with a smile: "This theory is not very clever, even if it is an eight-share scholar, there is geometry in the middle school every year." Besides, I'm not not asking them to delve into knowledge, and there is no conflict between not being an official and being a scholar, so if you don't become an official, you can't be a scholar? In that case, I can only say that their purpose is not learning.

Although I have banned Confucianism as the only way to pass the imperial examination, I have not banned Confucianism, and they can still study. ”

Zhang Huang was speechless, everyone knew that no matter how high-sounding he said on the surface, the ultimate goal of studying was to be an official. Fortunately, except for those nerds, people who are really talented and learn other things can learn other things, and they are faster than ordinary people. Talents like Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing are also scholars.

Ma Shiying then said: "This move is related to the country's plan, and it must be planned well, especially to determine the content of the scientific expedition." ”

Zhang Huangyan glared at him, and with a single sentence, Ma Shiying shifted the discussion of whether this matter was feasible or not to how to implement it. Hou Xuanyan said: "I've already thought about it, and I'll come up with the exam questions this time." ”

There are many things needed to be an official, and it is essential to be quick and adaptable, no matter what dynasty, a dumb official is more hateful than a corrupt official. In case of trouble, you don't need to ask for instructions, and you can make a decision, which is the talent that the grassroots really need. Hou Xuanyan felt that the civil service exam questions of later generations were very meaningful, and as for what to do as an official, everyone needs to explore it by themselves.

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In late May of the second year of Jing You, on the official road repaired outside Jinling, many knights went in all directions.

This time, Enke is different from the past, and there is no need for candidates to spend expensive travel fees to come to Jinling for the exam. The common in the book, the popular girl in the land of fireworks, financed the travel expenses for poor scholars, and came back to redeem herself after high school and married or ruthlessly abandoned the bridge, which has completely become history.

Brought by the military, 150 test centers have been added in 13 provinces across the country, almost every prefecture has them. Moreover, in order to prevent local officials from being selfish and helping local candidates cheat, this invigilator was all military officers from the martial arts hall. Qualified candidates only need to pay a small registration fee, which is about the money for the test strip, to participate.

Because it is the first year, those who have the qualifications for the examination need to be examined, and the families of meritorious people of the Northern Expeditionary Army are exempt from the examination; During the occupation, those who worked for the Qing court in their families were not allowed to participate; Those who commit adultery and arson within three generations are not allowed to participate; If there is an illiterate and indiscriminate registration, it will be severely punished. The reason why this review is so strict is to control the number of exams, after all, there is no threshold for the first time. In the future, when the educational institutions are almost laid, the threshold will change.

Hou Xuanyan has already set up public schools in various counties to let school-age children learn to read and write, and writing is the link of cultural inheritance, which cannot be in the hands of a few people. Although the Ming Dynasty had a prosperous style of learning, there were a lot of illiterate people, and the wisdom of the people was to change this situation. Anyway, now that many talents have nothing to do, it is better to give them a job to support their families than to be a rice worm at home every day and drop their bookbags.

In the future, you will have to graduate from a public school before you can take the May Enke, just like the college entrance examination in later generations.

The test questions this time are also very special, the questions were written by Hou Xuanyan himself, and it is rumored that the ministers who have seen it have shaken their heads again and again, I don't know what to say.

Mayday is neither hot nor cold, just suitable for such an exam, in Jinhua Mansion, Zhejiang, there are already crowds of people outside the examination room.

A scholar in a green shirt shook his fan and said with a smile: "Haha, Brother Wu is the head of my generation of young scholars in eastern Zhejiang, no one in the world knows, this time he will definitely be able to win high school." ”

"Brother Liu is polite, who doesn't know that you are the first genius of Songhua Academy."

"Haha, Brother Wu, please!"

"Brother Liu, please."

Liu Shoujing and Wu Xian were originally talented scholars, but several major purges by the imperial court blocked those famous talents from famous families out of the threshold. The short man pulled the general inside, and without the talent above, both of them thought very highly of themselves.

Two handsome-looking talents walked into the examination room hand in hand, and several generals in military uniforms looked majestic and said: "The hour is almost up, do it according to the signs when you sign up, and you can't talk to each other; Papers cannot be submitted in advance; Don't make a loud noise. ”

The invigilator was also very military in the examination room, which made these candidates a little frightened and began to wait for the paper with their heads down.

Liu Shoujing confidently spread out the volume, and the first question shocked him: Suppose there is a crane in the mansion of Hou Xuanyan, the prince of Yue in this dynasty, and the servants take the crane to the street and be injured by the people's dogs. The servants of the royal palace sued the people, if you are the local prefect, how should you write the judgment.

Liu Shoujing shook his head, substituted himself into the identity of the prefect, and thought that this was a question personally made by the prince of Chaoyue, and couldn't help but write: Kill the dog and compensate the crane.

Liu Shoujing nodded, very satisfied with his answer, concise and to the point, and expressed his loyalty to the prince.

Next, the second question shocked him again:

Zhao San and Li Si are good friends, and the two agreed to go to Nandu together to do business. Zhao San's wife, Sun, did not want her husband to leave, and neighbors testified that the couple had an argument that night. On the day of departure, Li Si arrived, and when he didn't see Zhao San, he asked the boatman Wang Wu to urge. Wang Wu went to Zhao's house and knocked on the door, called "Three Ladies", and asked Zhao San why he hadn't come for so long? Sun was surprised and replied: He has been out for a long time and has not yet been on the boat? Zhang Chao returned to the river and told Li Si that Li Si was very surprised, and hurriedly searched separately with Sun, but there was no trace for three days.

Ask what are the doubts about the case, who is the real murderer, name the murderer and state the reasons.

Liu Shoujing pulled her hair and wrote: The murderer is Sun, who quarreled with her husband and killed someone.

Liu Shoujing felt justified, and continued to look down, and the third question completely killed him:

Suppose you are the commander of Wujiang County, and the county must be made of armor for the Northern Expeditionary Army. If it is handed over to the shopkeeper Wang and the shopkeeper Li to make it together, it will take twenty days. If the king's treasurer is in charge, it will be fifty days. Shopkeeper Wang makes 100 more pieces per day than Shopkeeper Li, so how many pairs of armor does the Northern Expeditionary Army need.

Liu Shoujing looked at the back of this question, marked with a small word of choice, and decisively chose to give up.

A freshly baked zero-score paper was handed over like this...

This day is not only enough for all the candidates, but also has been an official master for a day on the test papers. But I was also very worried, I don't know how much hair I have lost, and Hou Xuanyan, who made the question, doesn't know how much swearing he has received, and he has been sneezing all day.

Hou Xuanyan was sitting in the courtyard on the ground, listening to Chen Yuanyuan and Bian Yujing singing Jinling songs, and his heart was so refreshed.