The popularity of the newspaper exceeded everyone's expectations.

The Ministry of Education, after three months of planning, is also preparing for the literacy conference.

This conference is not a regular event, it is similar to the ancient Enke, and it is a special selection examination organized due to the shortage of talents.

In the past three months, the teaching gentleman who went to the countryside can be regarded as conscientious, although the initial purpose is for the career and title, but until now, many noble children have begun to integrate into the countryside and have feelings for the common people.

The literacy conference is an opportunity to improve the quality of the people, which is similar to the literacy campaign during the Republic of China in history, and even has a more far-reaching impact.

It is foreseeable that after the literacy rate is improved, all walks of life will prosper accordingly, and the rejuvenation of the country through science and education and the change of destiny through knowledge are not just words.

For example, newspapers and books, as more and more literate people become more and more literate, it is not a problem to multiply them several times.

On November 13, the atmosphere in the entire Cangguo changed somewhat.

Just like the college entrance examination in later generations, there is a special atmosphere in the streets and alleys, and the people of the entire Cangguo are focused on this matter.

Everyone knows that among the people who participated in the literacy conference this time, a group of people are destined to soar and prosper, from ordinary people at the bottom to become masters who eat official money.

Of course, the way to obtain the qualification is also very simple and crude, that is, to pass the literacy assessment of the local government and obtain a literacy certificate!

And this first round of selection has already been completed, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Education, a total of more than 2,600 people.

Most of these people are young men, but of course there are a few women.

To this end, the Ministry of Education also set up a temporary examination room, and borrowed many tables and stools in the inns and nobles' homes in the city.

All the students who participated in the literacy conference brought their own pen and ink, and it was obvious that their teacher was more nervous than them, and all of them were prepared for them.

As the gong sounds, the literacy convention begins.

The first is the written test, half an hour to silently write some sentences from the "Enlightenment Handbook", and then to understand a short passage and simply answer the above questions.

Perhaps, these are only the topics of the second grade of primary school in later generations, but for these people who have just learned to read, it is really a very laborious task.

After the written test, more than 800 people passed the interview and entered the interview.

As for the content of the interview, it has little to do with literacy, but through some questions, we can judge each person's thinking and ability to handle political affairs.

In this process, there are also some ironic things, such as an examiner asked, if you were asked to deal with a dispute, one party would give you ten taels of silver, and the other party would give you twenty taels of silver, and their confessions would be very reasonable, if it were you, which side would they favor?

This is a logical question, and some people have simple brains and do not hesitate to choose the side of twenty taels.

Twenty taels?

The examiner looked at him with disgust, in today's situation where His Majesty is strictly investigating corruption, you still do such a shameless thing?

Eliminate!

For example, if someone on the street says something bad about His Majesty the Emperor, what should you do?

Some people said that they should report it to the government immediately, some said that they should be persuaded by reason, some said that they should be beaten directly, and some said that they should be beaten directly until they deeply reflected.

As a result, the two people in front get a low score, and the one person in the back gets a high score.

Like these, seemingly simple questions can actually judge a person's strengths and weaknesses.

After a day of selection, more than 230 people remained.

More than 200 people were ranked that night, arranged by the Ministry of Officials, and awarded some local petty official posts, and those who ranked in the forefront of the grades were directly arranged to fill the vacancies in the 12th Ministry and serve as some grassroots officials.

The next day, the whole Cangguo was boiling!

It turns out that ordinary people really have the opportunity to be officials!

For example, Hu Ergou, when he first came out of the inn, the whole person was confused.

Passed? Or third place?

The person who reported the congratulations almost broke through the threshold, and even his teacher arrived at the inn with a smile, carrying a gift box, to congratulate him.

"Congratulations to Brother Hu, from now on, soaring and rising!"

"Brother He is amazing, ranked third, and directly entered the household department, and it is possible to become the master of Langguan in the future!"

"You Shanghe Village is really amazing, last time there was a fool, captured the enemy's main general, and became a five-star lord, plus you, Shanghe Village is considered to be two powerful people!"

"Brother Hu is still sixteen years old this year, is there any family matter? My sister is also at the age of getting married! ”

Hu Ergou felt that everything around him was so unreal, and looking at the people who were clustered around, he wondered if it was a dream.

I don't know how he got out of the inn, but he walked to a sign with a royal list on it, and his name was on it.

Each of them was assigned an official position.

Although the official position is small, it is already a step to the sky for these ordinary people, and in the future, they will work hard and steadfastly, with the officialdom of Cangguo today, the children of civilians should have a chance to get ahead.

Can it be compared to Brother Hu Xiao?

Hu Ergou clenched his fists, when Hu Xiao returned from the battlefield and became a five-star lord, the whole village was boiling, killing chickens and slaughtering sheep, all of a sudden became a myth in the village, and became an example for everyone to learn, at that time he was one of the many people who were educated by his father and mother.

Now, I can raise my eyebrows and glorify my ancestors!

After coming back to his senses, he secretly made up his mind that he would follow the line of the imperial court in the future, and with the support of His Majesty the Emperor, it should be very smooth!

……

The literacy conference set off a storm among the people, and Yang Mu was not very surprised.

The only consolation is that the suppression of the family gate valve in the last few months was too ruthless, and so many vacant grassroots positions have finally been filled.

As for the higher positions...... The three countries are so big, and the political affairs of more than 3 million people are actually not very loaded, and when everything is normalized in the future, and the science and technology are really organized, they will be able to arrange it with confidence.

Therefore, after issuing a holy decree and conferring official positions, he didn't pay much attention to it, and handed over all the rest to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Officials, and came to the outskirts of the city himself.

Here, there is a factory under construction, and from the outside, it looks like an urn city, and it can be regarded as an industrial park.

Paper mills!

Printshop!

The prosperity of newspapers led to the emergence of papermaking and printing, and they developed by leaps and bounds, and these two factories came into being.

The two factories have no private and government-run statements, anyway, they are directly under the name of the Ministry of Industry, under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and they can be regarded as an alternative central enterprise. ()