As he approached, the last candidate finally wiped the sweat from his forehead and stood up.

Seeing that there were no candidates in the room, only a few government officials quietly accompanied him, and he originally wanted to say a few sorry words, but he was so nervous that he couldn't open his mouth.

Nervous and tired, the candidate was already unstable, Liu Mang hurriedly stepped forward and helped him sit down.

"Quick, noodle soup."

The guard hurriedly brought the noodle soup that had been prepared a long time ago, and Liu Mang took the bowl and fed the candidate with his own hands.

After drinking a few sips of noodle soup, having a bottom in his stomach and recovering some strength, the candidate saw clearly that it was Liu Jiangtian who took care of himself!

Panicked, he quickly struggled to his knees and bowed to the ground. "Labor is too guarded, students should die, damn!"

Liu Mang picked it up with a smile.

"What's your name? Where? ”

"Student Zhang Jun, a flat pottery person, has been farming for generations."

"Oh? Farmer's son, good. ”

Liu Mang comforted him a few words, Zhang Jun gradually regained his strength, and Liu Mang ordered the guards to escort him back to the post house.

"Several, we have to work overtime tonight." Liu Mangdao.

"Well, review all night!" Fan Zhongyan has been busy for a day, but when he is about to see the results of this period of hard work, he has long forgotten his fatigue, only excitement and anticipation.

……

The flames in the brazier rose happily, just like the mood of several people.

Selecting talents through examinations is an attempt and an initiative.

Shangguan Wan'er distributed the exam papers with the names cut to Fan Zhongyan, Li Yan, and the eldest grandson Wuji.

According to the plan formulated before, each test paper was reviewed by three people in turn, and each of them was divided into four categories: "A, B, C, D" and so on.

After all the test papers are reviewed, the judgment of the three people will be combined to determine the economic history and policy scores of each candidate.

According to the candidates' strengths, the test papers that play freely are evaluated separately. The main purpose is to discover the candidates' strengths and give those candidates who are not good at scripture and history, but have a skill, a chance.

……

Fan Zhongyan prepared two rooms for the convenience of grading.

Fan Zhongyan and the three of them occupied one, and the other was reserved for Liu Mang and Shangguan Wan'er.

Liu Mang took the papers that the three of them had read, and after reading a few, he couldn't stand it. Liu Mang has been studying hard recently, but compared with Fan Zhongyan and others, his knowledge is too far behind. Especially the examination papers of classics and history, he had too much difficulty to read.

"I'll read it to the young master." It's good to have Wan'er here.

The volumes of scriptures and history, don't say to read, even listening to Wan'er read them, Liu Mang feels very tired.

"Wan'er, read a few extra-long papers."

Sure enough, the extra-long rolls are much easier and more fun. Each candidate has different strengths, and the topics are varied, which is very interesting.

Wan'er picked up a roll, glanced at it a few times, and laughed out loud.

"How?"

"This scroll is interesting, young master, listen." Wan'er couldn't help laughing, picked up a paragraph and read: "...... The neck is short and broad, the back and waist are broad, the buttocks and thighs are well developed, the limbs are short, precocious, and easy to fat......"

"Hahaha, it's about pig farming!"

"Yes, the title of this article is very interesting—On Pigs!"

"Hahaha, show it to me."

Wan'er handed over the article, pointed to one of the paragraphs, and said, "Young master, look, he actually said this in the article!" ”

Liu Mang saw that it was "castration", talking about the benefits of castration for pigs and the method of castration.

Liu Mang looked at the article, looked at Wan'er, and laughed evilly.

"The young master is good or bad!" Wan'er blushed and beat Liu Mang.

……

It's dawn.

After a busy night, I finally finished reviewing all the exam papers.

Fan Zhongyan and the other three sat and drank water and talked with Liu Mang, and Wan'er was busy counting the results of the three evaluations.

Liu Mang's relationship assessment situation and asked, "Mr. Xiwen, how do you feel?" ”

"The subordinates carefully reviewed the test papers, and among the candidates, there were many people who were familiar with history and gorgeous articles, but they were only one of the strategies, and they were mostly confined to the counties and counties, and Wang Zuo had few knowledge. A little regret. ”

Liu Mang has no regrets.

The purpose of this selection of talent is to select and promote grassroots talent. After all, this is the first selection, and it is only limited to the two counties of Taiyuan and Yanmen. Like a few of you here, they are all great materials that are not born in the world, and if they can come out casually, they are worthless.

"It's okay, it's good to have someone available!"

"However, there is a candidate's special paper, which is extremely special, and it is the only examination paper under his command that is rated as first-class."

The eldest grandson Wuji said with a smile: "The special long scroll, and the subordinates are only assessed as a first-class, I don't know if it is the same as what Mr. Xiwen saw." ”

Li Yan also smiled. "Equally."

Liu Mang was surprised: "Oh? Pick it out and take a look. ”

Fan Zhongyan picked out the test paper, and the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Yan nodded at the same time, indicating that it was this one.

Liu Mang picked it up, only glanced at it, and embarrassment appeared on his face - he couldn't read this scroll at all!

On the roll, sketch and draw a lot of pictures!

Those diagrams, some of them resemble constellation charts, and the text is mostly very esoteric terms.

"What is this?"

"This is the Lingxian map, that is, the location map of the celestial stars, which was originally drawn by Zhang Pingzi (Zhang Heng) when he was in Taishiling. This son can draw this map, which means that he must be proficient in astrology, and the map drawn by this son is based on the Taishi Ling Lingxian map, which has been revised a lot, which is really a calendar material! ”

"Calendar talents? There is a shortage of such people! Liu Mang suddenly remembered that what he summoned a few days ago was a calendar talent. Could it be this person?

Liu Mang, who was in his previous life, did not understand the ancient calendar, but when he came to the end of the Han Dynasty, he knew the importance of the calendar.

Calendars are more than just making a calendar. Especially in the Western Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu put forward the theory of "the unity of heaven and man", which made people realize that the universe is a system, and human activities are just a small system in the large system of the universe. This indicates that "man must follow the way of heaven", that is, human activities must obey the laws of nature.

From a more practical point of view, the calendar is related to the estimation of the 24 solar terms, the prediction of climate, and even the prediction of natural disasters, so as to guide various production activities such as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery.

"Talent indeed!" Although Liu Mang couldn't understand this test paper, Fan Zhongyan and the other three unanimously said that it was good, and it couldn't be wrong!

Here, Wan'er has already counted and sorted out the evaluation results.

"Wan'er, announce the results quickly!"

"After the history volume, he was rated three first-class and one. In the policy category, he received three first-class assessments, one class. Wan'er first announced a single excellent test paper, plus this specialty test paper, three assessments, and only one test paper was rated as A by three people at the same time.

There are several papers for each of the papers that have been awarded one or two first-class assessments.

"Wan'er, let's talk about the overall score." What Liu Mang wants to know the most is naturally the best person in this assessment. Although there is no word "champion" in this era, the best one is the champion in Liu Mang's mind.

"The best ......" Wan'er compares the list of candidates according to the number on the test paper......

"Huh? What a coincidence! There were three people with the same score. ”