Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the marking of the imperial examination was completely completed. A list of those who joined the gang was sent to Liu Hong's desk.

Liu Hong picked up the list and watched carefully, Zheng Xuan, Guo Tai, Lu Zhi, Sima Hui, Huang Chengyan, Pang Degong, Hu Zhao, he saw a lot of familiar names on the list of gangsters.

"It's gold, and it will shine sooner or later!" Looking at these historical celebrities, Liu Hong couldn't help but sigh.

Looking at this list, Liu Hong felt quite satisfied. These celebrities are almost all poor scholars. With them joining, coupled with the talents he has cultivated, it can basically solve his problem of lack of people.

As for the abilities of these people, Liu Hong is really not too worried. A person who can be famous for eternity, even if it is worse, how bad can it be. So even before the palace test began, Liu Hong had already regarded them as his subordinates.

Liu Hong confirmed the list, and then immediately released the list, notified the candidates who entered the list, and held the palace examination after three days, as long as they passed the palace examination, they would be considered to have completely become officials.

As soon as the list was posted, it was a complete mess outside. The excitement of being on the list, the loss of not being on the list, and the variety of life, at this moment, are almost exhausted.

"Brother Shuijing, congratulations on your passing the exam, let's go, let's go to the natural residence to celebrate, I booked a banquet there early in the morning."

Sima Hui excitedly arched his hand at Pang Degong and said, "Haha, rejoice and rejoice!" Brother Ziyu was quite confident, and he was ready to celebrate when he mentioned it. But this proposal is very much to my liking, and we will not get drunk today. ”

"Okay, let's not get drunk today!"

The two came to the restaurant, and while waiting for the wine and food, they began to chat, "Brother Shuijing, it can be seen from the question of His Majesty last time that His Majesty is a person who pays attention to practice, which shows that Dahan is really a promising Zhongxing." ”

"Yes, if it weren't for my brother's attention to this, my brother wouldn't have gone out of the mountain. Now although the relatives and eunuchs have been removed, the family gate valve has also taken the opportunity to occupy the court. They are much more difficult to deal with than their relatives and eunuchs, and they themselves have great local power. Now that he has taken control of the court, His Majesty has no one to use except for the people of the family. Speaking of this, Sima Hui sighed and said, "Your Majesty is a rare lord of Zhongxing, otherwise he would not have carried out the imperial examination and used it to confront the family." After so many years, it is rare for Dahan to catch up with a Ming Jun. If I don't make any more efforts, when the family is completely turned into a climate, the big man will really be hopeless. ”

"What Brother Shuijing said is that everyone else thinks that as long as there are relatives and eunuchs, the Han can prosper. But how did they know that those family gate lords were the real threat to the Han Dynasty. Now that they have taken over their relatives, the remaining strength of the eunuchs is a hundred times more difficult to deal with than that of the relatives and eunuchs. I don't know if Your Majesty can completely eliminate this threat. ”

"Water mirror, Ziyu, it's really the two of you. Come, let me introduce you to two great talents," a middle-aged scribe came to Sima Hui and Pang Degong's side, pointed to the two people beside him, and said: "This is Zheng Xuan Zheng Kangcheng, this is Lu Zhi and Lu Zigan, both of whom studied under the great master Ma Rong." ”

"It turned out to be Brother Kang Cheng and Brother Zigan, the two big names and younger brothers are like thunder, and it is really a blessing to see it today, come and sit down, let's have a lively time together." As he spoke, Sima Hui and Pang Degong put Zheng Xuan and the others in their seats and asked, "Brother Chengyan, you are too uninteresting, you have two great talents, and you don't introduce us earlier, you must be fined three glasses of wine." ”

"Okay, little brother admits punishment."

When Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan were joking, Sima Hui asked Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi, "I have long heard that Your Majesty sent someone to invite Grandmaster Ma to Beijing to preside over the compilation of the book. Now that the two benevolent brothers have arrived, then the great master must have also arrived, right? After a while, the two benevolent brothers must help introduce them, so that they can listen to the teachings of the great master. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi. They all hung their heads in unison. Seeing this, Huang Chengyan hurriedly explained that Ma Rong had passed away not long ago.

Hearing the news, everyone sighed. And I learned that Ma Rong was at the last moment of his life, and he was still hanging on the matter of compiling books. insisted that the two proud disciples traveled thousands of miles to transport the books he compiled from Fufeng to the capital. Everyone was moved by his affection.

"If it weren't for the two of them who sent books thousands of miles, they wouldn't have caught up with this unprecedented imperial examination, which can be regarded as a good person with a good reward!"

Everyone sighed again, and then Sima Hui said: "If you want to say that good people have good rewards, it is better to say that our Majesty is lucky." If His Majesty hadn't come up with the compilation of classics and the hundred schools of thought forum in advance, and gathered all the scholars from all over the world in the capital, this imperial examination would not have had such a great influence at all. From this point of view, whether this is premeditated and prepared in advance by His Majesty, or simply luck, it is enough to show that the fortune of heaven is on His Majesty's side. Dahan, he should be able to prosper from His Majesty's hands. ”

"Yes, we also believe that Your Majesty will definitely be able to make the Han Dynasty prosperous."

Three days passed in a flash, and the palace examination finally began. This exam is actually a formality, and the people who need to be admitted, Liu Hong has already been determined.

But even if it's a show, this palace test is quite grand. Not only do you have to answer questions on the spot in the main hall, but when Liu Hong is interested, Liu Hong will also ask him to come forward and ask the right questions in court, and all the procedures are impeccable in the eyes of outsiders.

Of course, that's talking about Liu Hong in a fair and just situation. But now, he has made up his mind to be a black whistle, so it's no wonder that this palace test can be fair.

The title of the palace exam is "The Great Man in Your Mind", which is imagined by these candidates. And this kind of topic, Liu Hong is the best to play, no matter how well you write, if he doesn't approve of it, others will have no fault at all. As long as Liu Hong wants to be admitted, even if the article is useless, Liu Hong insists that his thoughts are the same as the article, and others have no choice.

After the candidates answered, Liu Hong read the papers on the spot, and all the things he wanted to admit must have been admitted. However, even if Liu Hong is a black whistle with a clear conscience, there is still a big gap between the overall quality of the Hanmen scholars and the family gatekeeper. In addition, the number of people who need to be admitted this time is too large, and hundreds of people need to be admitted to meet the needs of the whole country.

So, on the whole, it was the Saga gate valve who had the last laugh. Because their children account for nearly 80 percent of the admissions.

But this is also something that can't be helped, although he has been trying his best to cultivate talents, but his training methods and the talents he has made are all talents with practical surnames, and there are almost no suitable for officials. They are not suitable for the deceit of officialdom at all. And he knows that historical celebrities are not too young to be born now, and almost all of the remaining ones have been drawn by him, and there are only a dozen people, which is too far behind according to the demand.

"If you want to fundamentally change, you must popularize education, otherwise, the children of the poor family will never be able to catch up with the family gate."

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