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On September 20, the first year of Taixing was officially held, and more than 4,000 people from all over the country were assigned to 40 examination rooms to take the examination.

This is a scientific expedition destined to go down in history, not only with reference to the number of scholars, but also with the largest number of children of the family.

The scientific examination of the Yan Kingdom is different from the Tang and Song dynasties in history, and the number of students admitted to it is neither as large as that of the Song Dynasty nor as small as the number of people in the Tang Dynasty. Except for the first batch of 300 admissions, the number of admissions in each subsequent session has remained almost at about 200.

This year, due to the expansion of the four states at once, and the recovery of Cheng Han is imminent, in order to reserve reserve officials, the number of admissions this time is estimated to set a new record.

Although the number of scholars admitted is relatively large, Wei Shuo is not worried about the formation of redundant officials like the Song Dynasty, first of all, there is no child of the powerful in Yan country, and all people, including the children of the powerful, want to enter the officialdom, there is only one way to take the scientific examination.

Secondly, there are a series of systems such as retirement, persuasion, dismissal, and sick leave in the Yan Kingdom, and any official who fails to pass the performance assessment will be persuaded to retire at the least, and will be directly dismissed in the name of dereliction of duty. It is precisely because of the strong turnover of officials that Yan Guo can easily digest hundreds of scholars.

To be honest, Wei Shuo didn't know what the real scientific examination in history was like, he just moved his impression of the college entrance examination experience. In advance, I found a few spacious and bright halls in the palace, and then put seats in the middle, and each student looked for their own examination room and seat according to their own test number.

The test number is arranged according to the sexagenary branch and uppercase numbers, and everyone is different. For example, the test number is the first number of the Jiazi room, which means that the candidate will take the exam in the first row of three columns in the Jiazi examination room.

Anyway, everyone has never seen what the real scientific expedition is like, and they will arrange it whatever Wei Shuo says. There will be eight officials in charge of invigilating the examination in each examination room, who are only responsible for supervising the normal conduct of the examination, and as long as the candidates have not violated the examination rules, they have no right to interfere with the candidates' answers.

At the right time, the high-profile imperial examination finally kicked off.

Xie Yi, Quan Yi, Chen Kui, and Lu Polou went to the examination room with everyone, and the examination rooms were already overcrowded. Not only are there many candidates, but also many ordinary people are watching the excitement from a distance.

The Ministry of Shangshu Yang Association came to the site to inspect, and with the sound of a gong, the candidates lined up with the number to enter and accept the inspection.

Coincidentally, Quan Yi and Xie Yi were assigned to the same examination room, which made Lu Polou and Chen Kui full of envy, jealousy and hatred, after all, having a familiar person in the same examination room would somewhat relieve their nervousness.

Soon, Quan Yi, Xie Yi and other candidates successfully passed the inspection, and under the instructions of the little official next to them, Quan Yi and Xie Yi successfully found the examination room. Although they had come to inspect the venue many times before, it was not until they saw the big word 'Bingyin' on the lintel of the examination room that Quan and Xie quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Yi nodded slightly at Quan Yi, and hurriedly walked to their respective seats. According to the reminder of the right wing before the exam, Xie Yi, the 'new ding' in the examination room, first carefully check whether there is a problem with the table and chair, and if there is a problem, he needs to replace it as soon as possible to avoid delaying the exam.

After checking that there was no problem with the seat, Xie Yi carefully checked the pen and ink, and after everything was confirmed that there was no problem, he had time to observe the entire examination room. He took a general look and found that most of the candidates in the examination room were not very old, and he could see at a glance that they were all scholars who had graduated from various universities in Yan Kingdom.

These scholars had already gone through many exams when they were in the academy, so their expressions were a little calm. Occasionally, there were a few nervous scholars in the middle, and they were all children of a family like him.

As time went on, the examination room gradually filled with scholars, and soon eight invigilators walked into the examination room, one of the invigilators first raised the exam paper in his hand, signaled to everyone that the seal was intact, and then opened the paper bag in public and took out the exam paper inside.

At this time, there was a melodious bell outside, and the eight invigilators began to distribute the exam papers.

Xie Yi did not rush to answer the question as soon as he picked up the exam paper, but filled in the name, place of origin and other information first according to the experience taught by Quan Yi.

According to Quan Yi, every year, many unlucky people forget to fill in their names, so that they end up with no results, and he doesn't want to delay such a major event as a scientific examination because of some small mistakes.

After filling in the name, Xie Yi opened the exam paper with complicated feelings such as nervousness, curiosity, and anticipation, and after a long while, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to write hard.

The exam questions were simpler than Xie Yi expected, especially the arithmetic questions that he regarded as stumbling blocks were not as difficult as he imagined. In fact, it is not that the examination questions have become simpler, but with the vigorous promotion of Wei Shuo, arithmetic has developed extremely rapidly, and has become a discipline as widely spread as Confucianism.

With the improvement of the level of scholars, arithmetic problems will not only not become any obstacles, but will be the subject of points. After all, in this era, no matter how difficult arithmetic is, it is estimated that it may not be able to catch up with the graduation examination of modern primary school students.

Xie Yi easily answered the previous questions, leaving only the last policy question. As a result, after reading the topic, he had a preliminary conclusion in his heart. Speaking of which, the Xie family was originally a Confucian heirloom, but later in order to become an official, Xie Yi's father's generation had to abandon Confucianism and enter the mysteries.

But fortunately, the family heritage is still there, and after learning that King Yan advocates Confucianism, the Xie family secretly picked up the previous tradition. And Xie Yi relies on a deep family history, so it is easy to guess the intention of Wei Shuo's question.

Xunzi's original intention was that the rule of virtue is as important as the rule of law, and if the traditional Confucian scholars were allowed to answer, they would inevitably criticize it first, and then bring out the remarks of Confucius and Mencius, which would greatly elevate the status of rule by virtue.

But Xie Yi would not answer the question like this, his purpose was to integrate into the Yan Kingdom on behalf of the family, and the purpose of answering the question was naturally to please King Yan. He knew that King Yan was an admirer of the rule of law, and he had set the concept of ruling the country by law as early as the beginning of Liaodong, so Xie Yi knew from which angle to start with a little thought.

Not to mention the candidates who were concentrating on answering the questions, Wei Shuo walked into one examination room after another accompanied by Mo Han and Yang Xie, and nodded while inspecting.

Due to Wei Shuo's hurried comings and goings, many candidates did not notice that the famous Yan Wang had appeared in their examination room, and only a few well-intentioned people quietly observed them when no one was paying attention.

After a while, Wei Shuo came to the Bingyin examination room, walked past the examination tables, and browsed the candidates' papers at random, gradually attracting the attention of Xie Yi and Quan Yi.

The two of them glanced at each other, and they both said secretly in their hearts: Dare to be presumptuous in front of the invigilator, I think there is only the famous His Royal Highness King Yan.

Quan Yi was nothing, but Xie Yi couldn't help but look at Wei Shuo twice, and was immediately attracted by his unique temperament. In fact, before he met Wei Shuo, Xie Yi had heard people relay King Yan's appearance and temperament many times, but it wasn't until he saw the real person that he realized that the previous descriptions were not enough to show Wei Shuo's unique temperament.

In Xie Yi's view, Wei Shuo has both the advantages of the family and the Shu family, but lacks the two shortcomings of the family's pride and the inferiority of the poor family.

Looking at the heroic and calm King Yan, there was only one word left in Xie Yi's mind: the demeanor of the emperor!

This is the temperament that an emperor should have, compared with King Yan, what kind of emperor is Sima Rui's father and son who survived under Wang Dun's persecution?

There has never been such a thing as now, which makes Xie Yi full of confidence in the future of Yan Kingdom, and at the same time more agrees with the Xie family's strategy of returning to the north.

Wei Shuo, who was inspecting the examination room, didn't know that someone was facing his back with a lot of emotion, and he was devoting himself to inspecting the scientific examination.

Coming out of the examination room, Wei Shuo couldn't help but praise: "There are so many candidates, the grand occasion is unprecedented, Yang Qing has worked hard." ”

Yang Xie hurriedly said: "The king has a good reputation, this is what the minister should do, and this is not the work of the minister alone, your colleagues have also put in a lot of effort, but the minister is just talking about it." ”

"Hehehe, Yang Qing is humble! Let's go to the other exam rooms. (To be continued.) )