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The one-month marking time was tight and orderly, but Sima Hui and other Confucian scholars were old after all, and although they were doing their favorite things, they were still more than half a month later than the original time.

It's mid-July.

The summer is scorching like a fire, and the breeze is gentle and willows are fluttering.

The streets of Xiangyang City are still as prosperous as ever, with merchants coming and going from the south to the north, hawkers selling along the streets, men and women coming and going, and people are in an endless stream.

At the end of the street corner of Dongcheng came a column of soldiers dressed in stubborn and stubborn clothes, not as loose as the soldiers of the ordinary patrol battalion, this group of soldiers each held their heads high, majestic, very magnificent, they were five people in a column, walking in an extremely orderly pace, towards the center of the street, the first at the bulletin board in Dongcheng.

Paste on the paste, post the list, one of them took a deep breath and shouted: "The list of Xiangyang National Examination is as follows, please also ask all the villagers and elders, neighbors and neighbors to run to tell each other, this list is only publicized for three days, if anyone misses it, you can go to the department to inquire." ”

When the people heard the words, they directly surrounded the entire public notice board, from the champion to the 100th candidate, carefully and carefully, back and forth, and checked it several times.

"How could it be without me? They must have been mistaken!! ”

"How could there be you? If you don't learn anything, even if you do it again, just the little ink in your stomach is slurking, hanging! ”

"Young Master! You're in high school, and you're thirty-second! ”

A boy dressed as a scholar jumped up happily, seemingly more excited than he was in high school, but the young man smiled slightly, as if everything was expected.

In short, there are people happy and some sad in front of this bulletin board. High school students, all around are congratulatory voices; Those who fell off the list were surrounded by words of comfort and exhortation on their sad faces.

State Pastoral Office.

Liu Bei sat on the head, holding a list that was more than three feet long, and carefully searched for more familiar names, this national examination is really a big weapon, and there are more than ten names that come into Liu Bei's eyes alone. For example, Fei Yi, Deng Zhi, Li Yan and others are all famous talents in history, and now they have been excavated like this, and they are really hanging from the sky.

Nodding silently, Liu Bei said with a smile: "Kong Ming, is there a famous person who can participate in the national examination?" ”

"Yes!"

Kong Ming responded: "The opinions given by the teacher are the top 30, and these people's articles are not only praiseworthy, but also contain the principles of governing the country. for the Lord's choice. ”

"Hmmm! Very good. ”

Liu Bei praised it, and his eyes fell on the list again, of course, there were some names that he really didn't recognize, and they were ranked very high: "Yuan Zhi, have you ever seen this list?" ”

Xu Shu nodded on the side, and said: "When the list came out, I was in the water and land dojo, so I saw it in advance." The people who ticked the box in this list are students from Yingchuan and Yecheng, a total of seven. ”

"Seven"

Liu Bei couldn't help but gasp. The thin eyebrows frowned and said: "Think of some way to destroy at least five of them, and don't arouse the suspicion of the Cao thief, is it?" ”

Xu Shu was a little embarrassed, and after a little silence, he still affirmed: "Don't worry, lord." This matter will be handed over to the next, and it will definitely not be noticed by the Cao thief. ”

Liu Bei smiled indifferently, his eyes crossed Xu Shu's shoulder, fell on Kong Ming on the side, and continued: "Kong Ming! The number of places to participate in the national examination has risen to the top 40. After decades of hard work, it is not easy for them. ”

In fact, Liu Bei found that Li Yan ranked exactly forty, so he deliberately raised the number to the top forty, in history, Li Yan was originally under Liu Biao's Zigui County Order, because Liu Cong defected to Cao Cao and abandoned the official, tossed and turned to Chengdu under the rule of Liu Zhang, became the Chengdu County Commander, and fought Huang Zhong in the battle of Mianzhuguan more than 40 times, regardless of victory or defeat.

This person is both humanistic and martial, and Liu Bei loves it deeply!

And Kong Ming only secretly guessed that it was probably because of the extreme lack of officials, so Liu Bei asked for ten more places.

"Okay"

Kong Ming responded, bowed slightly, and returned the salute: "Dare to ask the lord, when is the top of the national examination?" And what kind of way should it be? ”

"That's how I think about it."

Liu Bei exhaled and said in a deep voice: "Officials, those who do things for the people!" For the officials and nobles who are diligent in government and love the people, have a good heart, and can understand the suffering of the people, so this time the people should take morality first, and ability second.

And these people are all the first time we have met, and we have no way of knowing their moral behavior, so we have to send someone to secretly investigate the background of these people, including family, parents, wives and concubines, children, etc., whether it is a scholar or a poor family, all of them must be clear. Lewd. Capture. Those who engage in bad behaviors such as plundering will be rejected by one vote and will not be admitted.

It's best to leave this matter to Yuan Zhi.

Secondly, after admitting some officials, first give them a lower official position, you might as well manage a small county of 100 miles, or be responsible for supervising the grain and grass needed by a battalion, and you can also be responsible for things like tuntian, as long as he is really capable, he will be promoted after a year.

It is best to leave this matter to Kong Ming and Yuan Hao to be jointly responsible. ”

Kong Ming and Xu Shu in the hall agreed with this internship method, and nodded and praised it again and again.

Kong Ming even admonished: "Lord! During the one-year governance internship of officials, it is even more necessary to arrange corresponding inspection teams and organize relevant personnel to conduct overt and covert visits, so that what can be obtained can be real. ”

"Makes sense!" Liu Bei smiled and nodded: "It should indeed be so!" In this way, the secret investigation team can be handed over to Zihui to handle, the national examination has basically ended, and corruption can be suspended. ”

"Zihui is indeed the most suitable person!" Kong Ming laughed: "Zihui can't rub sand in his eyes, this kind of thing is simply perfect for him." ”

"Huh!" Xu Shu on the side seemed to refute, and bowed to Liu Bei: "If there is no absolute trust from the lord, how dare Zihui do this?" In my opinion, this is the luck of Zihui, and I have to meet the master! ”

Liu Bei waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay!" Why are you two still slapping on the back. ”

"It's just telling the truth, the lord is indeed the master of today, compared to Cao Cao, there is no better!"

"Kong Ming, this is your fault. Who is the thief! How can you compare with the lord, you can't talk about it at all, okay! (To be continued......)