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As soon as Zhuge Liang left, Zhuge Liang's family, which was still hesitating and observing, soon fell completely to Fang Shao's side, and Fang Shao's power in the court can be said to be no longer a threat. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the beginning of the following year, Fang Shao took advantage of his power to make an adjustment to the imperial examination system.

According to the current imperial examination system, fifty percent of those who pass the examination are obtained through scientific examinations, and the other fifty percent are selected through recommendation and promotion.

After adjustment, the ratio of the imperial examination to the examination has become seven to three, which means that most of the officials of the empire will change their fate through scientific examinations in the future.

Although Fang Shao made the selection of officials as fair as possible through the imperial examination system, Fang Shao was also aware of the pros and cons involved.

First, the sense of responsibility of officials.

After studying hard for more than ten years, once an official, some people are for corruption, some people are doing a career for the country and the people, and some people only have the material to study but have no ability to be an official.

Those who commit crimes should be punished. However, some people are bent on doing great things, and the new officials take office with three fires and engage in political performance projects, but the result is that the labor and money are counterproductive, and some people have little ability, just rely on that position to eat and wait for death, the latter two people obviously need to be eliminated, and in the past dynasties, there are no good systems and regulations and identification to eliminate these two kinds of people.

So, after pondering thousands of years of history, Fang Shao figured out a set of brilliant methods, for which two years after he was in power, a "Examination Law" was officially promulgated.

The purpose of the so-called examination method is to clearly link the assessment results with the promotion and depreciation of officials.

For example, at the beginning of each month, you need to file two copies of the order and completion period of the things you will do this month, one to the state government, and one to keep for yourself, and then enter the control assessment at the end of the year. Of course, if you still don't meet the standards as a county magistrate next year, you will be demoted again until you go home to farm.

At the same time, the state capital should also record its work plan at the beginning of the year and send it to the central government, and accept the assessment at the end of the year, and get out of the way if it does not meet the standards.

In this way, under the supervision of the examination law, all officials must work diligently, because it is not that you will be able to ensure income in drought and flood when you become an official, and if you have no achievements, if you take office this year, you will be able to return to your hometown tomorrow to farm.

As a result, as soon as this test was completed, it was like a sword hanging over the heads of all officials, forcing them to work dutifully, and the bureaucratic machinery of the entire Han Empire maintained a high-speed operation at all times.

In this case, some officials who are capable of doing practical things, through their own efforts, can not only keep their official positions, but also have fair and just promotion opportunities, while those who can only talk about dance and write ink although they write poems and essays well, are eliminated from the officialdom one after another.

Of course, as a traverser, Fang Shao's reform in the system is limited to this, because the implementation of any system cannot be separated from the real social and material environment, of course Fang Shao knows that there is a more advanced system than the imperial examination and the examination method, but he cannot be separated from reality and forcibly implemented as an idealist.

What Fang Shao can do is to speed up the process of evolution of social forms with his own ability, and cultivate a suitable soil for survival in advance for the arrival of a more advanced system.

Of course, the fact that institutional reform has ended here does not mean that reform in other areas cannot be carried out.

In the early years, when Fang Shao was the enlightenment teacher of Emperor Liu Tai, he had compiled a set of primary school mathematics textbooks based on memory, and it turned out that Fang Shao's approach at that time was quite useful.

Therefore, in his spare time, Fang Shao meditated hard, and compiled three sets of textbooks for low, middle and high school with the mathematical memory that he could remember. Although Fang Shao has forgotten many more complex mathematical knowledge, the existing three sets of tutorials basically cover the basic system of modern mathematics.

Soon after he came to power, Fang Shao used an administrative order to forcibly add mathematics to the study and homework of Tai students, and in the following years, it was implemented throughout the country, and finally included it as one of the compulsory subjects in the scientific examination.

Of course, Fang Shao wants to implement modern scientific theories such as physics and chemistry in this era, but Fang Shao also knows that too many "advanced" theories, with the cognitive level of people in this era, are beyond the scope of their cognition, and forcibly promoting these unknown knowledge will only make people's minds afraid of the unknown.

However, Fang Shao knows that as long as there is mathematics, it is enough, it is the cornerstone of all disciplines, if science is compared to a growing seedling, then mathematics is the root of this seedling, as long as the root is strong enough and deeply rooted in the ground, then this scientific seedling will one day grow into a towering tree.

When Fang Shao was carrying out his reforms in an orderly manner in the country, the news came from the northern borderlands that Sun Yuan, the Taishou Gonggong of Liaodong, proclaimed himself the King of Yan, openly placed a hundred officials, and founded the country.

This Gongsun Yuan is the son of Gongsun Kang, the former Han Liaodong Taishou, when Cao Ying destroyed the Yuan family, the second Yuan fled to Liaodong, and was beheaded by Gongsun Kang, and the head was sent to Cao Ying, and expressed allegiance. Cao Ying's remote land was not conducive to conquest, so he acquiesced in his de facto secession.

Later, Cao Ying became self-reliant on behalf of the Han Dynasty, and turned a blind eye to the secession of the Gongsun clan, and even after the Han Dynasty Ping Wei destroyed Wu, the Gongsun clan decisively expressed allegiance to the Han Dynasty.

Of course, Fang Shao could not allow the existence of such a separatist regime, as early as after Pingwu, he wanted to send troops to conquer, but because the internal fighting between the DPRK and China was fierce at that time, the world was peaceful, and he was waiting to recuperate, so he temporarily shelved the plan to conquer Liao.

Now that Gongsun Yuan ruled Liaodong, this person was brutal and proud, thinking that Liaodong was remote and he had the advantage of cavalry, so he openly started to read.

Fang Shao was waiting for such a suitable opportunity, Gongsun Yuan's self-establishment as king provided an excuse for Fang Shao's dispatch of troops.

So, after some court discussions, all the ministers of the court and China agreed to send troops, but there was some controversy over who to send troops.

Due to the death of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei one after another, the Chinese military generals of the Han Dynasty are now the most famous generals in the world with Wei Yan's qualifications and fame.

Many ministers suggested that Wei Yan should lead the army and go north to attack Gongsun Yuan.

However, Wei Yan, who has always been belligerent, unexpectedly expressed his excuse this time on the grounds of physical discomfort.

Wei Yan is very smart, right now Wu Wei is even, there is no merit to make him tempted, now is the time to stay in Chang'an City to enjoy the glory and wealth, why bother to walk thousands of miles and run to the bitter cold land in the extreme north, just to destroy a mere Liaodong Gongsun Yuan.

Victory is nothing more than an inconspicuous flower on top of one's brilliant record, and if one loses, it will not damage one's reputation.

Moreover, Wei Yan is also very clear about Fang Shao's intention to be in charge of military and political power, so although he, a hussar general, is in a high position, in fact, since the change of the palace banquet, Wei Yan has taken the initiative to give up most of his military power, and he tries not to express his opinions on any major discussion, and even if he does, he basically attaches himself to Fang Shao.

All Wei Yan did was to show his superiors, friends, and Bole that he was following him wholeheartedly and would not pose any threat to him.

If he agrees to conquer Liaodong again this time, he will inevitably regain military power, and the smart Wei Yan will certainly not do this.

Wei Yan's refusal made Fang Shao very satisfied, and as far as he was concerned, he really didn't want Wei Yan to lead troops again. Moreover, for Fang Shao, Gongsun Yuan's rebellion was a rare opportunity to perform since the destruction of Wu Pingwei, and Fang Shao could not miss it.

Of course, with Fang Shao's current status, it is impossible for him to go out on behalf of the army, and under his instruction, a few days later, the emperor issued an order to order Fang Yan, the son of Prime Minister Fang Shao, to be the general of the expedition to the east, lead an army of 40,000, and supervise the army of Youyou and Erzhou to conquer Gongsun Yuan in the north.

Fang Shao's intention is very clear, that is, to cultivate his successor.

Fang Shao's subordinates, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, most of them were outstanding people who relied on their true skills to sit in their current positions, and these people were loyal to Fang Shao, largely because Fang Shao did have extraordinary skills.

Therefore, as Fang Shao's eldest son, Fang Yan, if he wants to take over his class in the future, he must have ability and prestige.

It's a pity that when Fang Yan grew up, it was when his Lao Tzu Ping Wei destroyed Wu, when the wind and clouds met, when he grew up Chengren, the world had been unified, and as the second generation of power, he wanted to use military power to enhance his prestige There was really not much opportunity.

And this time Gongsun Yuan's rebellion just provided Fang Yan with a rare opportunity to train, Fang Shao decisively used his power to win this precious opportunity for his son.

However, the reason why Fang Shao dared to let Fang Yan take on such a big responsibility was not purely out of the idea of letting him stand up, but because Fang Shao saw his shadow from his son.

Scheming and decisive, he is indeed a rare and creative talent, and such a person is enough to bear the burden on his body.

Moreover, Fang Shao also made the necessary guarantee for Fang Yan's expedition, he made Deng Zhi his military advisor, and Zhang Bao as his vanguard, and at the same time, he also ordered Wang Jun, who guarded the two rivers, to move to northern Hebei, so that he could provide support for the Liaodong front at any time at the right time.

In this way, in March of that year, Fang Yan, who was twenty-four years old, with his father's expectations, led 40,000 elite infantry riders of the Han Dynasty to drive out of Chang'an City and head towards the distant Liaodong.

(To be continued)