After the hidden dangers in the Taiping army were eliminated, Guo Jia's next move was to start reforming from Shinong Industry and Commerce.

However, from the root cause, if the ruling class is not hopelessly corrupted, and if it is not for the fact that the policies are no longer able to meet the needs of the times, who will be stupid enough to act against the ruling class?

If it is a peaceful and prosperous world, Guo Jia wants to change the law, it is looking for death, because the class whose interests have been violated will definitely make him die well, but now the world is in chaos, the princes are divided, and the situation is somewhat similar to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and at that time, the vassal states that took the lead in changing the law and were one step ahead of the enemy could benefit from it and be strong for a while.

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the promotion of filial piety and honesty did play an indispensable role in the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, but with the decay of the ruling class, eunuchs and relatives took turns to control the government, and the way of promoting filial piety and honesty became the soil for the rise of the gate valve, and the recommendation of talents also became a way to use power for personal gain.

In the end, the gate valve was strong, and after the Wei and Jin dynasties had the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, there was a situation where there were no cold scholars in the upper grades and no scholars in the lower grades.

Half a step ahead is a genius, and a step ahead is a madman.

Guo Jia wants to change the law and walk in the forefront of the times, but his life hangs by a thread like walking a tightrope.

Therefore, he must be cautious in every decision, treating the Yizhou Shi clan first to appease, and then to show weakness, waiting for the opportunity to gradually weaken and suppress, and finally completely remove this tumor.

When Liu Yan entered Yizhou, he had suppressed Yizhou Haoqiang, coupled with the Jia Long rebellion, Liu Yan brutally suppressed, causing heavy damage to the Yizhou scholars, Guo Jia became the master of the two parties were safe, but took the opportunity of Jingzhou's defeat and returned, provoked Xu He, gave the Yizhou scholars a chance, and indeed jumped out to shout for Xu He, Guo Jia had an excuse to attack the Yizhou scholars, and this time, the wrist was not cruel, as if the cocoon was gradually weakened The power of the Yizhou scholars, after the rebellion was quelled, Dealt with a lot of Yizhou scholars, and the Yizhou scholars who had experienced Liu Yan and Guo Jia's two successive suppressions At this time, if they want to oppose Guo Jia again, I am afraid it will be too late, and they will not have enough strength to do so.

After Xu He's rebellion, Guo Jia issued an order to the fourteen counties of Yizhou under his rule, and personally wrote a passionate document, first of all, to criticize the people with lofty ideals in the world.

scolded them for only asking for help, not thinking about reporting to the country and reassuring the people.

Then in the article, he earnestly expressed the hope that talented people would come to become officials, benefit the common people, show their strengths, and be extremely sincere in cutting mussels and pearls to seek talents.

At the end, it is noted that on the tenth day of the lunar month, the General's Mansion welcomes talented people with lofty ideals to come to take the exam.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Chengdu General's Mansion is crowded with people inside and outside, from the courtyard outside the council hall to the spacious street outside the mansion, there are low tables and seats, and there is a person sitting on each seat, most of them are young young men, they hold the pen in their hands, the pen is like flying, and the pen and ink fall on the Caihou paper on the table.

At this time, the paper was very expensive, it was considered a luxury, Guo Jia's own collection of books were all bamboo slips together, and the handwritten books were also made of bamboo slips, but today, he was extravagant and used Caihou paper to answer questions for nearly a thousand scholars.

Guo Jia is generous, because this is a national event that cannot be played with!

The development of filial piety and honesty is a hidden danger for the nation, so Guo Jia wants to launch the imperial examination system.

Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a corner, and those who do not seek the world are not enough to seek a moment.

Starting from Guo Jia's eyes, he launched the imperial examination system to win the hearts of the children of the poor families in the world, because of their background, too many other princes can't look down on them, and Guo Jia doesn't look at his background, he doesn't look at his status, he only looks at your talent.

This is a heart-warming move, but it has a role that cannot be ignored in promoting national development.

From the local point of view, although Yizhou is large, but far away from the Central Plains, Guo Jia hopes that the imperial examination system can give the Kwantung heroes an exemplary role, what is beneficial to the country, what is harmful to the country, Guo Jia believes that the real male lord, will see clearly.

And if he looks farther, Guo Jia can say unashamedly: It doesn't matter who can reunify the world, what matters is whether the five chaos will appear!

In history, Cao Liu, Sun Wei, Shu and Wu all belonged to Sima Jin in the end, but how many people did China still have at that time? It's less than eight million! In the Eastern Han Dynasty a few decades ago, there were more than 50 million!

How many troops can eight million Chinese people raise? How strong can the official selection system under the Jiupin Zhongzheng system make the country strong? The gate valve is strong and prosperous, and the internal friction of the Eight Kings Rebellion is serious, and the chaos of the Five Tigers has put the Chinese nation in danger of extinction.

If you want to avoid chaos in China, it is not to demand that Hu Yi be kind, but to be strong in itself, and in the feudal dynasty, the first thing is to be strong within the ruling class.

If the monarch and his subordinates are subservient to foreign enemies, who can the whole nation count on to lead them to strength?

First abolish filial piety and honesty, the introduction of the imperial examination system, Guo Jia will build a school after that, reproduce the contention of a hundred schools, the children who want to study in the world can study, he disdains the policy of fooling the people, the ruling class is indeed happy to see the people ignorant and obedient, but Guo Jia does not agree, this is the same as the later generations to close the country, stabilize the rule for a while, but leave a disaster for generations! Promoting the progress of the nation is the consciousness that a Chinese people should have.

In the magnificent era of the Three Kingdoms, Guo Jia was able to travel here and build a momentary achievement, it is better to leave the name of eternity!

If he can really achieve the eternal emperor's business, Guo Jia doesn't care if his children and grandchildren can keep the family business, when he closes his eyes and dies, it doesn't matter if the flood behind him is gone, a future generation, if he is still dreaming of thousands of generations of emperors like the first emperor Yingzheng, then he is really a crazy idiot.

Guo Jia, who was dressed in a brocade robe, stood on the stairs outside the conference hall, watching the young man below answer seriously, and his heart was full of joy.

Today, there are more than 800 scholars who have come to take the exam, of which nearly 200 are the children of the township who Guo Jia has taught in Yingchuan for several years, and more than 300 are the poor children of the Zhen family who have been taught by Mr. in Jizhou for several years, and there are only more than 300 people who come to take the exam in Yizhou, and how many of them are fishing in troubled waters, it is difficult to say in detail.

In this, Qin Mi invited her friend Peng Yi to take the exam together, and she faced the exam questions freely, without the slightest embarrassment.

Back in the meeting hall, Guo Jia poured himself a drink, holding a teacup, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Xi Zhicai stepped into the hall, came to Guo Jia, and said, "My lord, will this imperial examination be held every year after that?" ”

Hearing this, Guo Jia put down the teacup and said as a matter of course: "Naturally, you can't give up halfway, the way to take a scholar should be to learn and excel, and nepotism is the way to make chaos." ”

Xi Zhicai's face was excited, he was full of talent when he was young, but he had no chance to show what he had learned, and now Guo Jia launched this imperial examination system, which is to give the children of the poor families in the world a chance to get ahead, and compete with the children of the wealthy and powerful in talent and learning.

However, Xi Zhicai pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Lord, where does this exam question come from?" ”

Guo Jia shrugged his shoulders and said casually: "The sages have passed on, and all the sons and hundreds of schools of thought have to be examined. ”

There are also drawbacks to the imperial examination system, the biggest drawback is that the selected talents will only take exams and will not do practical things, Guo Jia can't solve this problem, and this drawback still exists after more than a thousand years.

But he can avoid scholars reading dead books in order to take the exam, if only the Confucian classics are examined, I am afraid that no one will study the knowledge of other schools, so the scope of the examination questions should be large, and there is no fixed source, in other words, comprehensive talents should at least have more practical ability than those who can only chant the wind and the moon.

Hearing Guo Jia say this, Xi Zhicai has no opinion, the imperial examination system has just been introduced, they belong to the pioneers, maybe they can only be perfected and improved, and they can only be handed over to future generations.

Thinking of something, Xi Zhicai suddenly said in a deep voice: "Lord, among the people who came to take the exam today, in addition to the Guanghan Qin Mi you specially invited, there is also a special identity, his name is Zhang Song, his brother Zhang Su, is a representative of the wealthy family of Shu County, at the end of last month, he was just beheaded. ”

Zhang Song?

Guo Jia thought about it, he didn't have much impression of this person, at most, he went to see Cao Ying, Cao Ying despised him, and then met Liu Bei again, was moved by Liu Bei, welcomed Liu Bei into Shu, and later did not plan to secret, his brother Zhang Su betrayed him and died under Liu Zhang's knife.

It's a strategist, and it seems that he still has the ability to never forget, and the angry Cao Ying burned Meng De's new book......

"Sending someone to secretly find out what is going on in Zhang Song's house, logically speaking, I beheaded his brother, he didn't hate me unexpectedly, but he came to take the exam, not my villain's heart, but I have to guard against it."

As soon as Guo Jia finished speaking, Xi Zhicai stroked his beard and smiled: "I have sent someone." ”

Pointing at Xi Zhicai, he shook his head and chuckled, Guo Jia calculated the time and asked, "It's almost time." ”

Xi Zhicai ran out to see the sky, dusk fell, returned to the hall and said to Guo Jia: "Well, the time is coming." ”

"Then put away the papers, bring me Qin Mi's answer sheets, and put the names of other people's pastes, by the way, when you read the papers, you go and invite Cai Gong to come, he is a generation of Confucianism, he will definitely not refuse, and let him see how the Yizhou scholars are learning."

After Guo Jia gave the order, Xi Zhicai ran out to inform the scholars to stop writing, and after everything was cleaned up, the scholars left one after another with joy and sorrow, discussing the content of the exam questions on the way.

Xi Zhicai, Xu Shu, Zhen Yan, Zhen Yao, and Xiu Qi Zhiping also came to the meeting hall one after another.

Holding Qin Mi's answer sheet in his hand and nodding frequently, Xi Zhicai handed it to Xu Shu after reading it, and said to Guo Jia: "Lord, Qin Mi's talent, Ling Zai is ashamed." ”

Guo Jia smiled and didn't say anything, there are many kinds of intelligence, the art of war, civil affairs, power strategy, politics, business, workmanship, astronomy, geography, etc., looking at talents, you can't be on a certain point.

"The last question, how did Qin Mi answer it? Did you scold me? Guo Jia smiled playfully.

The last question is to express your own opinions on current affairs.

Zhen Yao held Qin Mi's answer sheet, looked around at everyone, and said loudly: "There is a way in the world, and the Lile expedition comes from the Son of Heaven; There is no way in the world, and the conquest of Lile comes from the princes. Since the princes, Gai Shi Xi is not lost; Since the doctor, the fifth generation is not lost; The courtiers are in charge of the country, and the third world is not lost. If there is a way in the world, the government is not in the doctor, and if there is a way in the world, the people will not discuss it. ”