"You...... We seem to have seen it. Huang Yueying looked at Zhuge Liang, "Huh", and slapped her head: "Don't remind me, I will definitely be able to guess...... You're Zhuge Liang, right? ”

Seeing Huang Yueying's clear eyes looking at him brightly, Liu Zhang saw that Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly turned red, and he seemed to be trying to hold back the deepest sadness in his heart.

At this moment, even Liu Zhang seemed to be touched.

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In the debate hall of the four imperial examinations, a wide tent was set up on Yushu Street, and candidates who passed the written examination entered one after another.

The four imperial examinations are the only way for the children of the people to enter the officialdom, and if they pass, they can only return to their hometowns and continue to live a poor life.

If the number of people taking the test continues to increase in the future, this time will be even longer.

Some clenched their fists in an effort to suppress the tension in their hearts, while others silently prayed to the heavens.

The debate was open-volume, and many scholars brought a large handful of books, but fortunately the paper was cheap, and if it was the bamboo slips of the past, they might have to pull a carriage.

Liu Zhang and Lu Su came to the examination room side by side, Lu Su was also shocked when he saw this scene, from ancient times to the present, in addition to the Spring and Autumn Period, hundreds of years, He has seen so many young people gather together with academics, with Lu Su's knowledge, he also knows that such a system can wipe out all the folk talents, which is much larger than the probation system, and it is too fair.

But this is not possible without the elimination of clan influence.

When Liu Zhang appeared, the students were excited. Separated by a soldier's human wall. Scramble to watch. The students who leaned against the trees and held their books, trying to find arguments for the debate, couldn't help but stand up.

Liu Zhang glanced at the high platform, Zhuge Liang was already sitting in the seat, and Ah San was fanning him, but he couldn't see how hot Zhuge Liang was, but he looked calm or absent-minded.

"Zhuge Liang doesn't seem to be in a good state." Lu Su said.

Liu Zhang nodded silently and didn't say anything. Sitting in the spectator seat.

The examiner stood on the high platform and attracted the attention of all the students: "All the scholars who come from all directions, you should thank you for your luck, today's debate exam, not only the general Shu Hou Ji Yugong, came to watch in person, but also the Jiangdong Metropolitan Governor Lu Su Lu Zijing to observe, the most gratifying thing is that the military adviser Zhuge Liang of the left general Liu Bei will personally participate in the debate."

Zhuge Kongming is a celebrity in the world. I know astronomy and geography, and I am better than others. You should learn more from him, and the theme of today's debate is an open theme: the direction of the Sichuan army, regardless of the positive and negative sides, freely express personal opinions. ”

More than 20 scholars who were selected by thousands of people excitedly climbed the steps, Yahuan equipped each seat with tea, Liu Zhang took the list of debates, glanced at it, frowned and asked, "Why are all the people from Jingyi Erzhou who passed?" Is there something biased in the exam? ”

The invigilator on the side hurriedly said: "How dare your subordinates, the people who participated in the four imperial examinations are all from Jingyi and Erzhou, and it is impossible to elect outsiders." ”

"Are there no outsiders participating?"

"According to the regulations, outsiders are not allowed to participate."

"Nonsense." Liu Zhang twisted his eyebrows and said, "Who stipulates that outsiders can't participate?" …… Forget it, pass on my order, and next time the four subjects will be examined, and outsiders and locals will be treated equally. ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Liu Zhang didn't expect who was so stupid and set such a rule, the number of people who participated in the four imperial examinations was bleak, firstly, because the clan did not cooperate, and secondly, because there were too few talents from poor families who could take the exam.

But now that books are popular, the poor can also read the Four Books and the Five Classics, read history books for learning, and with the special training for them, there is a group of students with the most basic source.

Under such circumstances, there will be a lot of outsiders who will come, and those who are dissatisfied with the discrimination of the probationary system against the poor will definitely want to come to the fair examination to gain fame, and individual talented and ambitious children of the family will also want to obtain official positions by strength, rather than relying on connections.

The imperial examination system is undoubtedly a more advanced talent system than the examination system, as long as the system is formed, the former will definitely outperform the latter, Liu Zhang believes that the later it is, the more obvious this gap will be, after the cheap popularization of books, there will be more and more poor talents flocking to Jingyi.

In this way, how can it be impossible to let outsiders participate in the four imperial examinations.

"Hello friends, hello adults, in Xia Chen Ergou, this is polite." A scholar made a circle salute, raised his head proudly, and looked at his face, which was carved by wind and frost, and should be a child of a poor family.

Chen Ergou said loudly: "When it comes to the direction of the Sichuan army, I have had a dream since I was a child, so that the iron hooves of the Han army can gallop in the vast desert grassland.

As we all know, my China stretches for thousands of years, first there are dogs, then there are Huns, and the existing Xianbei are all the troubles of my Han henchmen. ”

"Okay, okay." Chen Ergou's impassioned words caused a burst of applause below, and Chen Ergou smiled and bowed his hands to everyone.

Lu Su glanced at Liu Zhang, only thinking that Liu Zhang would be angry or disappointed with such a ridiculous remark, but Liu Zhang didn't have any expression at all, he still listened attentively, Zhuge Liang in the east seat of the high platform lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Chen Gongzi, you haven't studied geography, right? I, Jingyi, are not on the same side as the desert, and now I am discussing the direction of the Sichuan army, do you want my Sichuan army to fly to the desert? It's really ignorant. "A gentleman despises the Authentic.

The invigilator immediately reprimanded, "This gentleman, rational debate, insulting attack, will be disqualified from debating." ”

Shizi said in a loud voice: "Okay, okay, don't talk about it, then I, Chen Chun, will state my grass opinion, cough cough, Shu Hou heavy agriculture and business, countless merchants from the Western Regions, Yue's merchants, and even more distant merchants from Daqin have come to Chengdu, which has opened my eyes and made me know how ignorant I was before."

But now, after a year of stealth study, I, Chen Chun, have finally been reborn, and I am finally familiar with the barbarian world outside the Han Dynasty and have a further understanding of them.

Daqin's olive hood and armor, resting bows and arrows, handicrafts, wine, Yue's mural war horses, countless wealth, everyone think about it, how can so much wealth be possessed by barbarians? Do they deserve it?

I, Chen Chun, have made a grand wish on this, hoping that the Sichuan army can drive directly to the Western Regions, destroy the countries of the Western Regions, and then attack the Yueshi, defeat Anxi, and destroy the Great Qin, so that the prestige of the Great Han Kingdom is far and wide, and those armor, hats, wine, war horses, murals, bows and arrows, are all my Han's, as well as countless barbarian slaves, countless war women, and each of our Han men can marry at least three wives......"

"Okay, it's time for Chen Chun to speak." The invigilator looked at the next sergeant.

The scholar who was called carefully pressed his clothes, straightened his hat, and held a fan in his hand, "In Xia Hansheng, his family lives in Shudong Chongguo, and I really don't agree with what I debated just now."

From ancient times to the present, my China is a state of etiquette and civilization, people do not deceive me, I do not deceive people, the Qin Emperor's 300,000 army went south to Vietnam, 400,000 troops across the desert, countless battles, but it is not the end of the tyrannical country, personal opinion, cultural exchange is better than military conquest.

As we all know, when my Chinese culture is the most prosperous, it is the Spring and Autumn Hundred schools of thought, and now we are fledgling scholars, the main classics to learn, all from the Spring and Autumn Hundred Schools, with Confucius and Mencius learning is the most practical, I believe that such classic learning, hundreds of thousands of years will be handed down.

So I think that discussing the direction of the Sichuan army is better than discussing the status of the Sichuan army, and in my humble opinion, Shu Hou should live in harmony with Cao Cao, Sun Quan, oh, and Liu Bei, and create prosperity together.

When the princes stand side by side, each force will think of innovation, which is better than a monopoly and a backwater, so I think that instead of fighting, it is better to live together peacefully like now, you don't fight me, I don't fight you, only do learning, and don't see soldiers.

In this way, it can not only ensure the promotion of learning, but also reduce the suffering of the people, isn't it wonderful? ”

"Wonderful you are big, sour scholar, Lao Tzu ......" Gao Pei couldn't hear it, so he wanted to rush up and drag that Han Sheng down and beat him, Liu Zhang glanced at him: "What are you doing?" What do you participate in academic debates? You can go up, but you can only move your mouth, go. ”

Gao Pei retreated silently.

Wang Fu said on the side: "My lord, forgive me, it is Wang Fu's incompetence, these candidates are good and bad, knowledge, knowledge, and courage are all ......."

Liu Zhang waved his hand: "It's okay, almost all of them are halfway monks, it's good to have these knowledge, as long as you encourage learning, people who ask questions in universities will have it, we just need to ensure the academic atmosphere." ”

"Yes."

Lu Su listened to Liu Zhang's words, and only then did he realize why Liu Zhang was not angry at all at all at these ridiculous remarks, and then he thought that after Jing Yi put down the rebellion of the Shi clan, the talents almost withered.

At the beginning, the officials who were trained almost only knew how to read, and after being trained to handle government affairs and read official documents, they took office, and after two years, it was not easy for these scholars to have this level, how could they be compared with Sun Quan Cao Cao, who had the talents of the world?

However, judging from the development of Jingyi in the past two years and the performance of the scholars on the field, these officials who do not know the four books and five classics and have only passed the administrative ability test have not delayed anything, but because they understand the people's suffering, are down-to-earth, hardworking and hardworking, and let Jingyi's economy and people's livelihood develop steadily.

And the children of the common people have a way out, how can they not break their heads and squeeze into the officialdom, so they buy books one after another, while farming and working, while studying, especially those who only know a few words, they are trained to become officials, and those who govern one side, so that these people are jealous and envious, he can do it, why can't I? So they began to do learning.

In this way, the cultural level of the children of Jingyi people will naturally improve rapidly.

Lu Su also felt in his heart that the four branches were a new and practical way to cultivate talents, but he didn't dare to think about it, it was impossible to achieve it in that place in Jiangdong.

"Mr. Zhuge , it's your turn." The invigilator kindly reminded you. (To be continued.) )

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