After Lai Fu's meticulous integration, the work efficiency of the Ministry of Security was greatly improved, and in a few days, dozens of spies sent by the Manchu Qing Dynasty were discovered, some of them were sent by Kong Youde like Lai Fu, and some were sent by the Manchu court from other channels.

But Luo Jian and Shi Kefa did not breathe a sigh of relief because of this, but became even more depressed during this time.

The reason is simple, the imperial examination of the Manchu court began, which caused quite a stir among the scholars in Yangzhou.

The Southern Ming Dynasty is now suffering from many officials, and Ma Shiying has no intention of opening the imperial examination again, but due to the great development of industry and commerce in Yangzhou, many new departments have been added recently, most of which are not the Ministry of Industry, nor the Ministry of Officials, but the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education.

According to the interpretation of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, the level of these departments is under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and according to the common understanding of the people, this is not equivalent to the Ministry of Workers, Households, and Rites of the Imperial Court.

Whether it is the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry, or the Ministry of Education, do you always need officials? But the imperial court does not hold the imperial examination, and the officials in Yangzhou are chosen by themselves, so where is the way out for scholars?

The Manchu imperial court was very open to the imperial examination this time, and all the talents, juren, and jinshi of the previous Chongzhen Dynasty were recognized, in other words, the diplomas obtained in the Ming Dynasty were all recognized by the Qing Dynasty.

There are people who raise people and Jinshi status, as long as they go to the government for the record, provide valid certificates, they can be arranged by the government to arrange official positions, this article has attracted a lot of Chongzhen Dynasty to raise people, Jinshi, now in the Southern Ming Dynasty is hopeless, to the Manchu Qing Dynasty to be an official is also good, this is the idea of some scholars.

Of course, more scholars are reluctant to go to the Manchu court to be officials, these people account for the majority, some time ago everyone heard that Yangzhou political affairs are clear, meritocracy, many Manchu rule and other places in the Southern Ming Dynasty scholars have run to Yangzhou.

When they arrived in Yangzhou, it was not what they imagined, they could be officials when they came, which made many scholars very disappointed, and many people stayed in Yangzhou for a long time, and slowly gathered together.

Shi Kefa's Juxian Hall is now crowded with scholars from all over the world, many of whom have the status of lifting people and jinshi, these people go to Shi Kefa if they have nothing to do, and ask Yangzhou to arrange official positions for them, which makes Shi Kefa very headache.

For more than a year, Shi Kefa, who has experienced too many things, has deeply known that these people and jinshi of the Chongzhen Dynasty are not qualified for the current management tasks in Yangzhou, but these people are all admired, if they are left alone, the blow to the scholars is indeed too great, and they are not good, and they are all sent to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Shi Kefa, who had a great headache, went to the Dadu Governor's Mansion to find Luo Jian to discuss.

"Xinghua, what should we do? These scholars don't dare to come to you, they haunt me all day long, and I'm annoyed by them. As soon as Shi Kefa came, he vomited bitterness to Luo Jian.

"Yes, I have also been paying attention to the imperial examination of the Manchu court recently, you look at this information, Hou Fangyu who ran from us has already participated in the imperial examination of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and has also achieved a good ranking, which is a great impact on our readers."

Luo Jian handed Shi Kefa a piece of information, and Shi Kefa took it and looked at it carefully.

"Did Hou Fangyu really participate in the imperial examination of the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" Shi Kefa was a little unconvinced.

"Brother Xian, take a closer look, it is very clear that he seems to have won the Jinshi this time, right?" Luo Jian said with a smile, a Hou Fangyu didn't pay too much attention to his heart.

After Hou Fangyu returned to his hometown of Henan Guide (Shangqiu), he was still quiet for a few months, but because the fame of the former four sons of the Fushe Society was indeed not small, soon even Duoduo, who was stationed in Germany, knew that Hou Fangyu had run back from Yangzhou, and actually visited him in person, which made Hou Fangyu and his family very flattered.

Later, Hou Fangyu learned the news of the continuous victory of the Yangzhou army, and some regretted leaving Yangzhou, but it was difficult to recover, and Hou Fangyu, who did not want to turn back, simply took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also became the guest of honor of the Manchu Qing officials, under the repeated persuasion of these officials, Hou Fangyu finally participated in the Manchu imperial examination, although because of this matter and Li Xiangjun has been in trouble, but Hou Fangyu did not regret it.

"Xinghua, should we arrange some positions for these readers?" Shi Kefa said hesitantly.

"Brother Xian, do you think these people are up to the task?" Luo Jian asked.

"I'm afraid it's difficult, these new departments in Yangzhou have high requirements for some new knowledge, how can these people who have only read the books of sages understand? I mean just give them some free places and just raise them. Shi Kefa said.

"That's not good, Brother Xian, I have an idea, although these scholars don't know much about new knowledge, but these people are always much stronger than the illiterate people, if we hold an administrative training class, we will arrange a position for those who are qualified, what do you think?"

Luo Jian has actually had some thoughts on this issue for a long time, and there are very few readers in this era like Chen Zilong, Song Yingxing, Fang Yizhi and others, most of them are still "ignoring things outside the window, and only reading sage books", in the final analysis, except for Baguwen, who writes well, the rest are all nerds.

Scholars with better family conditions still know that they travel abroad and have more knowledge, but it is very difficult for scholars from poor families to make a living, and they have no skills, how can they have the conditions to go abroad to gain knowledge?

"I'm afraid they won't accept it, ten years of cold window, once they get it, they will wait to be officials, and now they have to let them learn again, I'm afraid that the resistance will not be small." Shi Kefa felt that although this was a solution, he was afraid that the readers would not accept it.

"Brother Xian, you don't care about this matter, I'll handle it, and I promise to satisfy you." Luo Jian said with a smile.

The next day, the "Yangzhou Semi-Monthly" was urgently adjusted and published an article entitled "Where is the way out for readers?" article.

This article was written by Luo Jian himself, in which Luo Jian pointed out that Yangzhou is now changing every day, new things are emerging in an endless stream, and all officials in Yangzhou must insist on learning and constantly enrich themselves with new knowledge, so as not to be eliminated.

Later, Luo Jian pointed out the many shortcomings of the imperial examination, and Luo Jian used many examples to point out that the best in the imperial examination are not necessarily capable people in politics, and the new situation of Yangzhou's continuous development and the new situation that constantly emerge have put forward higher requirements for officials.

Luo Jian pointed out that Yangzhou welcomes scholars to come to work, but work does not mean being an official, and Yangzhou will adopt a new model for the selection of officials in the future, and every official must have experience in grassroots work.

Yangzhou's measures do not block the way out for readers, on the contrary, this practice provides a broader world for readers.

Some scholars who want to serve the people as government officials can take the examination organized by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, which has nothing to do with the imperial examination, but tests the experience and ability to deal with practical affairs.

There are many things that more scholars can choose from, and now there are so many emerging industries in Yangzhou, which require a large number of management talents, which is a good way out for scholars, and the treatment is often higher than that of government officials.

Luo Jian finally pointed out that all scholars should not rest on their laurels, but should adapt to the new situation, continue to study, and adapt themselves to the needs of Yangzhou's development.

Luo Jian's article caused a great sensation, and most of the scholars listened to the words of the Metropolitan Governor, and fifty or sixty people had already signed up for the administrative training course organized by the Metropolitan Governor's Office to prepare for the "civil servant" examination, and some of the scholars had bought a lot of books on management and were ready to work as stewards in some factories after completing their studies.

Only a very small number of scholars saw that there was no hope of becoming an official in Yangzhou, and left Yangzhou gloomily.

After more than a week of the opening of the administrative training class, Shi Kefa's heart finally settled down, and he had personally attended several classes, and he pointed out that there was a huge gap between the knowledge in books and practice from his own reality.

Shi Kefa even used Luo Jian's own coping with the mishandling of the people before they came to Yangzhou as an example, which made many readers feel that the supervisor was sincerely good for them and was leading them on the road.

The administrative training class not only carries out the training of administrative knowledge, but also popularizes some basic scientific knowledge, Luo Jian went to class the most, which made Zhu Cihuan have some small opinions, because he still had a lot of questions to ask Luo Jian, but Luo Jian sometimes did not come back to class until very late.

Liu Weimin also rushed back from Guazhou to teach these scholars about enterprise management.

The administrative training class also invited some officials to give lectures, and from the personal experience of these officials, many scholars feel that it is not easy to be a good official in Yangzhou.

According to the news from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Manchu court made a bloody investment this time, and many scholars who were selected as Jinshi were directly appointed as county officials, and some even directly received a mansion, and Hou Fangyu, who ranked fifth in the high school Jinshi, was directly appointed as the prefect of Cangzhou Prefecture.

Hearing these news, Shi Kefa was a little worried, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty used this method to compete with Yangzhou for a long time, he was worried that all the talents would go to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

But Luo Jian was not worried, he discussed with Shi Kefa for a long time, he thought that the really backbone of the scholar still disdains to be driven by the Manchu court, and in addition, such a "talent" like Hou Fangyu, he thinks that in addition to writing better articles, he is really not an outstanding talent in Yangzhou.

Luo Jian did not hide these news among the scholars, and even said it publicly in the training class.

These news caused some waves among the readers in Yangzhou, but soon passed, and most of the readers were still attracted by the new knowledge, and some practical activities organized by the training course also made them understand their own gaps.

The training course was carried out for more than a month, and the final examination hired most of the students who participated in the training course, accounting for two-thirds, and most of the remaining people did not let it go, but recommended it to various factories.