Chapter 248: Establishment of the Imperial Examination System
The holy decree of Li Qindong to suppress the Yellow Turban Army was sent to Chang'an in one day and one night, and the messenger who delivered the letter ran and killed three horses, which sent the holy decree to Chang'an.
At this time in Chang'an, Li Qin had already entered the city, and he promoted all the left-behind officials in Chang'an City, and expressed great importance and trust to the officials, so let them continue to be officials and be bigger officials!
Gai Xun was the Jing Zhaoyin of Chang'an, the first to bear the brunt, he was the first to be promoted, was appointed as the governor, and was sent by Li Qin to Fujiao Fort, where he was directly under the leadership of Liu Sheng, the deputy lord of the fort, and other senior officials of Chang'an, who were promoted one after another, were all sent to Fujiao Fort, in Li Qin's words, this is a trust in them, otherwise how could they be sent to Fujiao Fort as officials, that is the base camp of the Fujiao Army, the new governance of Liangzhou.
The senior officials of Chang'an have been sent to Fort Fujiao, and there are a large number of vacancies in their positions, but it doesn't matter, Li Qin has a way, he held an exam, and he and Jia Xu drew up an exam paper, which includes multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, question and answer questions, and essay questions!
This exam paper is extremely novel, in the late Han Dynasty, not to mention this new type of examination, even if it is old-fashioned, in this era, there is not even the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, and there is no imperial examination, how can officials be promoted by examination, so Li Qin suddenly let the officials be like this, and the middle and low-level officials in Chang'an are all enlightened!
However, because it was the first time, it was relatively fair, at least no one cheated. It's not that no one wants not to cheat, but they don't know what to do, and if there are more exams like this, then all kinds of cheating methods will emerge in endlessly!
After the written test, a group of officials who were not good at reading and did not have a high level of education were brushed off, and then an interview was conducted, Jia Xu first came to the first interview, and then brushed off a batch, and then selected ten officials with the best grades, and Li Qin conducted the last interview, and asked questions on the spot to determine the ranking.
The top three, the first is called Fujiao champion, the second is called Fujiao Bangyan, the third is Fujiao Tanhua, and the last seven are collectively known as Fujiao Jinshi, all of which are ranked down. Officials after the top 10 are called Fujiao Juren, and they are still ranked according to their test scores. All the names are specially added to the word Fujiao, one is to swear ownership, these officials who passed the examination are their Fujiao Fort, and the other is to let the officials have a sense of belonging, from now on they are a part of Fujiao Fort, to contribute to the construction of Fujiao Fort!
After the ranking was set, Li Qin ordered the Chang'an City, put up lanterns, set off firecrackers, in celebration, and also took out grain from the treasury, slaughtered a batch of pigs and sheep, cooked rice and made meat, distributed on the streets of Chang'an, and gave meat to others, which is one of Li Qin's best skills, his Fujiao army was like this at the beginning, and when the people were recruited to the street, he asked all the officials who passed the examination to wear red and green, ride high-headed horses, parade all over the street, and let the servants carry the big list, The list is full of the names of officials, all of whom are ranked, beating gongs and drums all the way, and letting the people comment.
After this process, the officials of Chang'an were fooled, it seems that Li Qin is really unique in the selection of talents, he is really too stylish, and they can't find the north because the wind is blowing. But this also proves that Li Qin really wants to put Sizhou into his territory, and he really wants to govern Chang'an well, otherwise it would be impossible to make such a big move, this can be said to be done against the imperial court, and such a major matter as appointing officials was actually done by him, a warlord from other places, even if he didn't explicitly say rebellion, in fact, it was no different from rebellion!
But Li Qin's set of officialdom combination boxing, but also let more literati see hope, although the end of the Han Dynasty is the world of the gate valve, don't want to be in an important position if you don't come from a wealthy family, but after all, there are not so many wealthy families in the world, there are not so many noble children, if everyone is rich, they are all nobles, then what is more expensive, everything is the same, scarcity is expensive, if there is a lot of things, it is worthless, but the poor scholars see hope in it, this method of selecting officials, does not look at the origin of officials, Just look at the ability, this gives the officials from the poor family the hope of further stepping onto the big stage, and as long as there is hope, there will be motivation, this is the eternal truth!
In particular, after Li Qin announced the results of the examination, he immediately announced an important measure, that is, in the area controlled by Fujiaobao, from now on, the selection of talents, no longer implement the guarantee system, but the same examination, as long as they think that they have a little level, literacy and hyphenation, and have the ability to be an official, regardless of their status, they can take the exam, and as long as they pass the exam, they can be admitted to Fujiaobao, they can become officials, and from then on they can enter the official career!
There were no bombs at the end of the Han Dynasty, but as soon as this important measure was announced, it was like a heavy bomb, which shocked the entire Chang'an.
As long as they have the ability, then they don't have to look at the faces of the wealthy families, they don't have to sharpen their heads to flatter the wealthy families, and only if the flattery is good, they can't even get a mouthful of leftovers if the flattery is not good, if Li Qin can control the government affairs of Chang'an for a long time, then their future will be infinitely bright!
Almost as soon as this measure was announced, Li Qin received the support of the vast majority of the poor families, and even if Li Qin didn't want Sizhou and no longer stayed in Chang'an, these poor scholars might follow him, and wherever Li Qin went, they would follow!
Not only did the scholars of the Han family support Li Qin, but even the ordinary people also changed their minds, and they were no longer afraid of the Fujiao Army, but began to support the Fujiao Army. In fact, the requirements of the common people are very simple, whoever can make them live a good life, they will support whom, very simple idea. Whether you can have a good future with Li Qin, after all, this is a matter of the future, I don't know yet, but now Li Qin is inviting everyone to eat and drink, this is definitely a very real thing, can the people not praise him for being a good person, and the good people smashed at Li Qin countless times!
The establishment of the imperial examination system was the first reform that Li Qin wanted to carry out in his own territory, of course, it must be operated well, he personally led the soldiers to open the way for the officials who passed the examination, and the Chang'an Avenue was very lively, all of them were watching the lively people!
How big is Chang'an, and there are many people who are lively, the streets are blocked, and the walking is slow, Li Qin took the officials to parade the streets, and they walked for most of the day, and they started to parade in the afternoon, and they didn't finish the tour until the evening!
Don't look at the time it takes, but the people are happy, how have there been such a big excitement before, there was no entertainment program, and now it's hard to meet one, watch the excitement and take care of the food, where to find this good thing, can they watch it or not, follow the procession, there are more and more people.
And the officials don't look tired, but tired and tired, they are happy, most of them are from poor families, how can they have such a beautiful life in their lives, and those officials from wealthy families, they are so sought after by the people of the city, and Li Qin personally opened the way for them, this glory is simply indescribable.
At first, the officials were quite shy and embarrassed, but after walking through a few streets, they all got used to it, riding on horses, and kept waving to the people, almost to the point of being unstoppable, and even some officials were looking forward to it, if they could go on like this, it would be good to be too glorious to honor their ancestors!
Originally, the officials in Chang'an were not very convinced of Li Qin, the big officials of the top wealthy families fled, only they were left with these small wealthy families and poor families, they were quite afraid of Li Qin, especially seeing that Li Qin had cleaned up the high-ranking officials such as Gai Xun, they were worried about their fate, but they didn't expect Li Qin to come up with a measure to select officials by examination, and as a result, they suddenly had a good impression of Li Qin, and some people had already changed their minds to call Li Qin the lord, and decided to follow Li Qin, and they would follow Li Lang to eat in the future!
A eunuch and a few Yulin soldiers who came out of Luoyang to send the holy decree ran wildly, and finally arrived outside Chang'an City, when they came to the outside of the city, it was already dark, they were very anxious, they were going to close the city gate as soon as it was dark, they wanted to see Li Qin, they were afraid that tomorrow morning, even if they had the holy decree, they might not be able to open the city gate, they were afraid that people would not believe that they had the holy decree, and they couldn't let the soldiers guarding the door test the holy decree a priori, this thing could not be tested!
But when they came to the city gate, they found that the city gate was not closed, and the pedestrians in and out of the city came and went, and it was very lively, they were suspicious in their hearts, they didn't know that it was dark during the day, and the city gate was not closed.
After entering Chang'an City, the eunuchs and Yulin soldiers were even more surprised, and it was not a New Year's holiday, why was the city brightly lit, there were people everywhere, everyone was celebrating, what were they celebrating! After I found a common person and asked, I found out that it was a celebration of the officials' passing of the exam, what kind of champion list or something, a lot of new terms that I had never heard of!
The eunuch was quite puzzled, people are officials, what do you little people do, do you use it so happily, you have nothing to do, right? But how could Li Qin appoint officials on his own, and he was not the highest governor of Sizhou?
Just wondering, a Yulin army shouted: "Lord Zhongguan, this matter is going to be bad, so many people are crowded on the road, how can we get over, we have been delayed on the road for a day, there are only two days left, no matter what happens to Li Junhou, he can't rush to Chang'an with the army, don't bother us!" ”
As soon as the eunuch heard this, he immediately became angry in a hurry, but no, time really can't be delayed anymore!
(To be continued)