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In the Ming and Qing dynasties, officials were selected through the Baguwen examination.

The eight-strand essay refers to the eight parts of the article, and the style has a fixed format: it is composed of eight parts: breaking the topic, undertaking the topic, starting the lecture, entering the topic, starting the share, middle share, back share, and bundle share, and the title is all from the original text in the Four Books and Five Classics. Each of the last four parts has two strands of dual text, for a total of eight strands.

Because of this rigid, fixed, and incomprehensible examination form, Chinese students only study how to undertake and solve questions every day, while ignoring other things. It also further led to the Chinese civilization resting on its laurels, not only did not make the slightest progress, but gradually retreated in the Qing Dynasty.

Fan Jinyan understood this truth, so he abandoned the eight-strand test that had been used for two hundred years, and carefully designed a new set of test questions. Only people who are pragmatic and have broad horizons can truly be a good official who works for the benefit of the people.

The test paper is not a blank piece of paper, but more like an excerpt, and the first page is printed in small block letters [Yazhou Civil Service Examination Answer Sheet]. Looking at the first page, it is not a title, but a few precautions and requirements. The first article is printed that it is strictly forbidden to use eight-strand text to answer questions. It's no wonder that those children, the show talents will be surprised, they have been preparing for several days just to shine at this time, but the Lord Zhizhou does not play according to the routine!

Opened the second page, and finally saw the title, but after the talents saw it, they suddenly had an urge to scold their mother. What is the question from the king and the eight calves?

The original question was: What would I do if I were a prefectural magistrate?

Youxiucai turned back, and the title on the third page was, how to ensure judicial fairness?

The fourth page is, how to ensure that the local officials are clean and clear?

On the fifth page, the eldest uncle went to the second uncle's house to find the third uncle, saying that the fourth uncle was deceived by the fifth uncle, went to the sixth uncle's house to steal the seventh uncle's cabinet and put it in the eighth uncle's cabinet, and the ninth uncle borrowed one hundred taels of silver from the tenth uncle to the eleventh uncle's salary.

Q: Who owns the money? And who stole it?

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This, this is all mess, it's insulting.

How could Lord Zhizhou agree to such a question as an exam question? He's a reader!

No matter how disdainful and snoring these talented old men who read poetry and books are in their hearts, in order to be able to mix with the official meal, they can only suppress the anger in their hearts and write the answers.

Due to the special nature of this exam, Fan Jinyan deliberately extended the time to two hours, so that they had enough time to think about how to answer. Since the candidates are all cross-legged answers, candidates are also allowed to rest, eat, etc. when they are tired, but it is still strictly forbidden to talk to each other.

After all, no matter how loose it is, it can't be without scale.

Two hours is four hours, and for candidates, the time to do papers is relaxed enough, but it is indeed tiring enough.

After all, it's really tiring to bend over cross-legged to answer questions.

It may be better for those who answer the questions seriously, but for those who want to try their luck and catch blind after seeing the questions, it is simply torture.

After an exam, more than 300 people asked to quit for various reasons.

How can a person who can't even persist in a small exam be a good servant of the people? For such people, Fan Jinyan not only let them go, but also ordered that if they continued, these more than 300 people would forever lose the examination of officials and even officials. Even if the government has any preferential policies in the future, they will be ranked last to enjoy them.

It seems to be a painless punishment, but it makes the more than 300 people who left early regret their bowels in the next few decades

After the exam, it's time to mark the answer sheets. This kind of work was supposed to be Li Tong and their responsibility, but now only Fan Jinyan and Li Yang can go into battle in person.

After all, this kind of test question has not appeared for thousands of years, and other officials do not know how to mark the paper or how to judge the correctness of an answer sheet.

The questions in this exam involve many issues such as administration, justice, ICAC, local economy, etc., and it is impossible to do everything in every exam.

Therefore, Fan Jinyan and Li Yang's scoring criteria are that as long as they perform well in a certain aspect, they will be hired.

Of course, if you can find an all-rounder, then Fan Jinyan will really meet a talent.

There were more than 700 test papers, and the two of them reviewed them for two days before they completed them, and they also found more than 100 people who answered well in some aspects. One of the candidates, Cai Liangxu, has performed very well in the administrative, judicial, and ICAC answers, and his thinking has far surpassed the people of this era, and can almost be compared with later generations

Early the next morning, the yamen was crowded with candidates who came to watch the rankings, although I don't know if I can be admitted, but there is hope, it is better than no hope.

Soon, the two officials walked out with the list in their hands, came to the wooden railing at the bottom of the steps, and hung the list text.

On the bright red list, the names are densely written.

Among them, Cai Liangxu's name is the most conspicuous, not only the first, but also bigger than other words. Although he didn't write the word "head and a" directly, there is no doubt that he is the champion.

After everyone just glanced at it with envy, they looked for their names in it, and when they saw their names, they cheered loudly, and those who didn't see them could only shake their heads and sigh.

Of course, at this time, there are also those who disdain it out of jealousy, "Brother Cai is full of money, I can't wait, can't I wait as well as a peddler's pawn?" ”

After finishing speaking, the man glanced at the young man who was dressed as a junior and cheering loudly.

"Brother Huang said cautiously, Lord Zhizhou's selection of scholars this time is already imaginative, and your brothers and sisters just missed for a while, and they will definitely be on the list next time." Cai Liangxu comforted.

It's okay not to be comforted, but as soon as I comforted the surnamed Huang, he was still energetic, and said with a disdainful face: "Being an official with these peddlers and pawns is insulting to Sven, this official, don't do it!" ”

After speaking, he seemed to be still angry and hugged his fist at Cai Liangxu and said, Brother Cai should do it himself! Then he turned and was about to leave.

"Since you don't care to be with the people, why did you come to the exam?"

As soon as he turned around, he heard a voice behind him with a hint of anger.

Then he saw the other candidates bending down behind him and saluting, "I've seen Lord Zhizhou." ”

Groov!

He was shocked, and hurriedly turned around and hugged his fists at Fan Jinyan and said, "Student Huang Wudao has seen Lord Zhizhou. ”

Fan Jinyan saw that he was disdainful just now, and now he behaved like this, and he was very displeased, "Why don't you want to be an official with them?" Can your name be on the list? ”

When the words fell, Huang Wudao blushed as if he had been humiliated, and said angrily: "The student is not convinced. ”

Fan Jinyan thought in advance that someone might find fault, but he didn't expect to really meet him, and he didn't get angry, "Where are you not convinced?" But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"Students have been studying hard for more than ten years, why can't they compare to a peddler's pawn? Am I waiting for the reader to read this book in vain? Huang Wudao said with a splash of mouth.

Indeed, there are really few scholars on the list this time, but more people who are bookkeepers, apprentices and the like.

Fan Jinyan didn't refute it, but just asked his own soldiers to find out Huang Wudao's answer sheet, and today, he wants to teach these so-called scholars a good lesson

(To be continued.) )