The Taiping army only focused on conquering major cities, and adopted a disregard attitude towards the townships and some small county towns, and it was not important to control the different places, and the Chinese army would extend its tentacles to each place.

The Chinese army will be accompanied by a large number of officials sent by the Organization Department, who will serve as officials at all levels in the newly occupied areas and establish administrative structures.

In order to get enough officials, the Chinese army is relatively preferential to the civilian officials of the former Qing Dynasty and even the Taiping Army, as long as you are willing to surrender, shave your hair, and change into Chinese clothes, then you will continue to be an official of the Chinese Empire, which has been fully reflected in Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui.

Looking at the officials in the Chinese Empire, except for the central institutions and officials in important areas such as southern Jiangsu, the officials of most of the local governments in most other places were demoted, most of them were former Qing officials, and a small number were demoted officials from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The main reason for this is that there is an extreme shortage of civil officials in the Chinese Empire, and if Lin Zhe does not accept the demotion, Lin Zhe will not be able to transfer a large number of officers to civilian positions.

But it is not a matter to accept the demotion all the time, after all, these people still have a strong sense of feudal officials, and it is very difficult to implement some policies of the Chinese Empire.

For example, officials of traditional feudal dynasties generally emphasized the Confucian principle of inaction and emphasized agriculture and mulberry, but the Chinese Empire, which began in the Shanghai Trade Zone, paid more attention to industrial and commercial development than any previous dynasty.

And in terms of supporting the development of industry and commerce, these traditional officials seem to be insufficient!

In order to solve the problem of the shortage of officials, especially the new-style officials, under the instructions of Lin Zhe, the Ministry of Education prepared to hold the first imperial examination of the Chinese Empire!

The imperial examination, which has a sacred status for the scholars of the old era, those scholars who have studied hard for many years want to rely on the imperial examination to enter the official career, so as to glorify their ancestors.

Therefore, the imperial examination was not only held to solve the problem of insufficient number of officials, but also to win over the gentry class. Win over the hearts of young scholars.

However, when Lin Zhe saw the imperial examination regulations handed over by Jiang Daoquan, Minister of Education, he frowned, because the imperial examination planned by Jiang Daoquan was almost the same as the imperial examination of the former Ming and Qing dynasties, and they only tested the four books and five classics, which naturally could not satisfy Lin Zhe.

As a latecomer. Lin Zheke doesn't have the slightest affection for the Bagu article, and even if you make the article a flower, it doesn't mean that you are a qualified administrative talent.

So he took Jiang Daoquan and said: "Jiang Aiqing, this charter is generally good, but the times are advancing. We can't always be complacent and keep looking for a way to save the country in the Bagu article! ”

Jiang Daoquan was born in a traditional Confucian scholar, and he was naturally a little apprehensive when he heard Lin Zhe's words, but he didn't dare to oppose it directly, you must know that he was not facing the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but the emperors of the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire, in addition to continuing to use the imperial system, was completely different from the traditional dynasties of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

Immediately, he said: "The minister is stupid, and I hope that Your Majesty will show me!" ”

Immediately, Lin Zhe said: "Scholars should be learned people, not limited to eight literary talents." Poetry, books, articles, Chinese and foreign current affairs, industry and commerce to help the people should be! ”

After saying this, Lin Zhesheng was afraid that Jiang Daoquan would not understand what he meant enough. Immediately, he said: "New people should be pragmatic, don't boast, should be familiar with current affairs, don't be self-contained!" ”

In addition to the traditional eight articles such as the Four Books and the Five Classics, the subjects to be examined are also included in some basic modern scientific knowledge such as arithmetic, gewu, astronomy and geography, and there are also very heavy policy theories.

As for the content of the modern science general knowledge test, you can directly refer to the Army Military Academy. The Army Military Academy not only teaches the content of warfare, but also modern sciences such as geography and gewu.

Jiang Daoquan couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he watched Lin Zhe personally list the subjects for the exam. This kind of imperial examination is the first time in ancient times, even if it is the erudite Hongci subject in the Qianlong period of Kangxi, I have never heard of the scientific content of geology and geography.

However, this was decided by Lin Zhe himself, and Jiang Daoquan had no choice but to operate it head-on.

It didn't take long for the news that the empire was going to hold the first imperial examination in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and spread throughout the gentry class. Many of the men in the city have been talking about these things these days.

"Brother Dong, do you know, this Dengji Enke is scheduled for September, and the first Enke is said to be simple, as long as the student is above the fame, you can sign up! "A scholar about 20 years old, with a shaved head and wearing a Chinese costume, was shaking a folding fan while learning.

And Dong Li's face next to him looked much more mature than last year, and he only heard him say: "I went to see the notice yesterday!" ”

Immediately, the scholar said: "Then Brother Dong is going to participate in this Enke?" ”

Dong Li showed a hint of hesitation: "I haven't decided yet, I heard that many classmates don't participate, Brother Wen, have you decided to go?" ”

"Go, why don't you go, you know, with my talent to learn to take the exam and then go to the exam in this life, I'm afraid it's hopeless, and now it's hard to have a student who can apply for the exam, so I have to give it a try. As for those who said that they would not participate in Enke, hmph, they are all afraid that they will fight back in the north in the future, and they don't want to think about it, when we have 100,000 elites in the Great China King Division, there is no enemy in the west and north, let alone fighting back in the north, it is a luxury to be able to hold the north. ”

Speaking of this, Wen Changlin continued to say aloud: "Now this situation, others are not clear, am I not clear, yesterday I just heard my father say, saying that my Great China King Division has captured Hefei, and taking northern Anhui is a matter between the moon, and now I am a new Great China Li, but when I am thirsty for talent, I missed this Enke, and if I want to take the exam again in the future, I will not have such a good opportunity!" ”

Dong Li looked at this classmate, and knew in his heart why Wen Changlin said this, because Wen Changlin's father had demoted the Chinese Empire as early as last year and was appointed as the magistrate of Yuhang County.

Wen Changlin's father was an official of the Chinese Empire, and Wen Changlin himself naturally shaved his head early, and even wore Chinese clothes that are rarely worn by ordinary people today.

To be honest, Dong Li also wants to go to Enke this time, his family is poor, if he can't make progress on the road to fame, it is estimated that he will have no chance to go to the official career in this life. Thinking of this, Dong Li also regretted a little, last year his old classmate and friend Lu Dao said that he could recommend him, at that time he was afraid that the Chinese army would not last long. The Qing army would fight back, so they politely refused.

But now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the foundation of the Chinese Empire has become deeper and deeper, and with frequent victories on the battlefield, even Yangzhou, which was boasted by the Qing court as impregnable, has been taken down. It is not uncommon for China to be reunified in the future.

In this case, Dong Li also let go of his previous worries and wanted to give this Enke a try, so as to give himself a good future.

However, he also heard that the new dynasty's Enke not only took the four books and hardware, but the announcement said that in order to recruit the world's learned talents, he had to take the exam not only to be excellent in the eight articles, but also to stay up all night on current affairs, astronomy and geography, and arithmetic.

Dong Li asked himself that there was no problem with the Bagu article, otherwise he would not have been admitted to Xiucai as a teenager. Arithmetic is barely passable, after all, he has been working as an account for people for more than a year, and he can't do arithmetic, but those astronomy and geography, Chinese and foreign current affairs, and Gewu don't know what it is.

Immediately, he said with a look of embarrassment: "It's just that I heard that Enke still has to take the current affairs of Gewu, you know, I usually don't hear anything outside the window, where I understand this, I'm afraid it's a joke to take the exam!" ”

However, Wen Changlin smiled, and then opened the bookcase beside him: "What do you think this is?" ”

Dong Li took a look and saw that there were more than a dozen books inside. On the cover of the book are names that I have never seen or even heard of, such as 'Elementary Arithmetic', 'Introduction to Astronomy and Geography', 'Basic Physics of Gewu', 'Basic Chemistry of Gewu', and 'Introduction to Basic Machines'.

Wen Changlin said: "Hehe, this is the book that my father entrusted someone to bring back from the Shanghai Business Zone." I heard that they are all books edited by the Ministry of Education himself, and the content of the exam will come out of these books at that time! ”

Wen Changlin is a little wrong, in fact, these books are not sponsored by the Ministry of Education, but are translated and compiled by the Army Military Academy and the Navy Military Academy. To master modern military technology, you also need to have basic scientific knowledge, especially those naval officers, if you don't know geometry, mathematics, astronomy and hydrology, etc., you can't even sail in the ocean.

However, although these textbooks were translated and compiled by the two military academies themselves, these textbooks are some of the most basic textbooks, and they are also suitable for other beginners, so the Ministry of Education was lazy and copied them directly, and then printed and distributed, which was specially prepared for Enke this time.

After all, in the imperial examination, you have to rely on subjects such as Gewu, so you can't let students have no books to learn, right?

And these books are also textbooks and books prepared for the 'Imperial University' in preparation, the Imperial University, at the beginning, was not called this name, but used 'Guozijian', according to the planning of the officials of the Ministry of Education at the beginning, in fact, it was the kind of Guozijian of the traditional dynasty, teaching the Four Books and the Five Classics.

However, Lin Zhe, who had already decided to carry out a new educational reform in his heart, would not agree to engage in these Guozijian, so he personally changed his name to 'Imperial University of China', and the teaching content was not only the traditional Chinese culture, that is, the Four Books and Five Classics, but also arithmetic, Gewu and other subjects, and the content of the study was the same as the content of the Enke exam.

According to Lin Zhe's thoughts, even the current Imperial University is far from enough, and his goal is to establish a modern education system of elementary school, junior high school, high school, and university.

And there is already a preliminary plan, that is, based on various official schools in the former Qing Dynasty, such as those county schools and government schools.

Private schools were converted into elementary schools, prefectural schools were changed to junior high schools, and prefectural schools were changed to high schools, and then several universities such as Imperial University were established, thus establishing a complete modern education system.

It's just that now that the empire is newly established, there is not enough time to complete it, so it can only be done step by step, to complete the change of the entire education system, not only the change of disciplines, in fact, it is more important to let the scholars know that they can become officials after learning new disciplines!

This way they will be motivated to learn new subjects, and they will report to more advanced junior high schools, high schools and even colleges!

And the best way to let scholars know that new disciplines can help them enter the official career is to include these elements in the imperial examination.

Therefore, this time's 'Xuanwu Dengji Enke' is not only to recruit some erudite talents, but more importantly, to convey a message to the entire social class, that is, if you want to be an official, you must not only do a good job, but also be familiar with astronomy and geography, and physical arithmetic. (To be continued.) )