When Lu Zhi heard this, he pondered for a long time, Liu Ze's heartfelt words made him feel very deeply, he was old, and his lifelong political ambitions were finally in the mirror, but he was powerless to see that the society was in danger of people's livelihood, and now, all his hopes were pinned on Liu Ze's body, and what Liu Ze said was reasonable, and Lu Zhi acquiesced.

Cai Yan's persuasion of Cai Yong is very simple, knowing his father is like a daughter, Cai Yong's achievements in literary attainments such as scripture and music, rhythm and calligraphy may not be comparable to Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan, but in terms of integrity, it is obviously inferior to Lu Zhi, in the face of Dong Zhuo's obscenity, Lu Zhi took the case, reprimanded him angrily, and swore not to bow his head, but Cai Yong chose to submit, and even almost lost his life for this, if it weren't for Liu Ze's rescue thousands of miles, Cai Yong would have been out of Chang'an long ago.

As soon as they met, Cai Yan confessed to his father about the shape of Xuzhou, although Liu Ze took over the position of Tao Qian's state pastor, but the opposition forces inside and outside Xuzhou were eyeing each other, Xiao Wang and Lu's three major families openly launched an armed rebellion, although they were suppressed, but the other scholars and wealthy families violated the yang and yin, and continued to fight by means of non-violence and non-cooperation. The promulgation of the three decrees and the introduction of the imperial examination system were Liu Ze's last resort to deal with the crisis, and if he did not crack down on the rampant wealthy forces, Liu Ze would probably not be able to gain a firm foothold in Xuzhou, and was even very likely to be defeated.

Cai Yan said: "Since my daughter has married Liu Ze as his wife, the Cai and Liu families are one and prosperous. If Liu Ze is defeated, the Cai family will also be destroyed. Therefore, the daughter implored her father to fully support Runde in the matter of the imperial examination, and you must support it if you think about it, and support it if you can't figure it out! ”

Cai Yong was silent, he can be called a master in the academic world, but above the officialdom, he can only be regarded as a chick, and he has been exiled for too long. So much so that he felt a little unfamiliar with the kind of frightening and sinister speculation in officialdom. Listening to her daughter, I realized that Liu Ze's life was not very easy. As Liu Ze's division commander and father-in-law, at Liu Ze's most critical moment, he should be duty-bound to stand by Liu Ze's side. My daughter is right. If you think about it, you have to support it. If you can't figure it out, you have to support it, not to mention that Cai Yong owes Liu Ze a favor, at this critical time. Cai Yong knew that he should stand over there.

After Lu Zhi and Cai Yong were persuaded, they persuaded Zheng Xuan in turn, but Zheng Xuan was stubborn, stubborn in his own opinions, and did not agree with Liu Ze's deviant imperial examination system. Zheng Xuan left, and most of the thousands of disciples who had followed him for many years chose to follow him north to Gaomi.

Liu Ze was very guilty about this, and he couldn't imagine that because of the imperial examination, he would force the teacher to leave Xuzhou, where he had lived for five or six years, he came to the door for the second time, tried his best to stay, and asked Lu Zhi and Cai Yong to persuade him repeatedly, but Zheng Xuan had already made up his mind, and Liu Ze was helpless, and personally prepared a generous gift to go out of the city to send him off.

Most of the disciples who followed Zheng Xuan returned to Qingzhou with Zheng Xuanbei, but there were still some disciples who stayed behind and prepared to participate in the imperial examination in Xuzhou.

The imperial examination was quickly set, the time is in the golden autumn of August, the first will be the preliminary examination, according to the candidate's hometown, divided into seven examination rooms, corresponding to Donghai, Langya, Pengcheng, Xiapi, Guangling, Peiguo and other counties, the proportion of admission is about one-tenth, because the number of people in each examination room is not the same, the number of candidates from Donghai and Guangling is the most, and the candidates of Peiguo are the least, so the number of people in each examination room is also not the same. After the preliminary examination, the general examination will be held after the 10th of October, and the students will take the examination.

The scholars of the Han Dynasty were not those literati of later generations who could only write eight strands of literature, and the six arts of the gentleman: etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics were their compulsory courses, and the exam questions for the preliminary examination and the general examination would naturally be within the scope of the six arts. After Liu Ze and Lu Zhi and Cai Yong discussed, the liberal arts examination did not involve the two techniques of archery, and the five subjects of Jingyi, strategy, poetry, mathematics, and etiquette were determined, among which Jingyi and Argument were the most important.

As the date of the examination approached, the focus of the prefecture's work shifted to the imperial examination, with Lu Zhi and Cai Yong presiding over the examination propositions and printing the examination papers, while Xu Shu was in charge of the arrangement of the examination room. Due to the large number of candidates, the seven examination rooms for the preliminary examination are all located outside Xuzhou City, while the examination room for the general examination is located in the Xuzhou Inspectorate Office, and the preliminary examination and the general examination of the martial arts department are all set up in the Xuzhou North Military Camp. The affairs are complicated, although there is the assistance of the superintendent and the persuasion, Xu Shu is still very busy.

Because Liu Ze was responsible for many matters of the entire imperial examination, and he also personally served as the chief examiner of the martial arts department, he was even more busy.

During this period, Zhang Fei came to Tancheng on a business trip, and after finishing his official business, Zhang Fei suddenly proposed to Liu Ze that he should be transferred to Xiapi, which made Liu Ze very puzzled, Zhang Fei did a good job as a lieutenant of Xiaopei, why did he suddenly want to be transferred to Xiapi? Xiapi is taken care of by Zhao Yun and Zhao Feng, and Zhang Fei can't intervene at all in the past. What's more, Xiaopei is the gateway to Xuzhou, and with Zhang Fei, a fierce general, guarding the portal in Xiaopei, Liu Ze can govern Xuzhou with peace of mind, and Zhang Fei's importance is self-evident.

asked him the reason, but Zhang Fei refused to say anything, which made Liu Ze even more puzzled, with Zhang Fei's straightforward personality, this kind of thing had never happened, and finally Zhang Fei was anxious by him, so he simply patted his ass and went back to Xiaopei. Although Liu Ze was surprised, he was busy enough for the imperial examination, and he really couldn't take care of Zhang Fei's affairs, so he could only put it on the back burner.

On the day of the opening of the examination, the seven examination rooms outside the city have been under martial law, surrounded by soldiers, and it is strictly forbidden for any unrelated people to enter the examination room. The identity of the candidates must be carefully screened, and once the impostor is found, he will be directly expelled from the examination room and the examination qualification will be banned. All candidates are required to undergo a body search and are not allowed to bring any contraband into the examination room.

Since it was the first imperial examination, a lot of books and notes were naturally found during the body search, and some candidates directly copied the questions on their bodies. These cheaters were not disqualified from the examinations, but were given a warning and severe punishment if they were repeated. Naturally, books and notes were confiscated, and those who wrote the title on their bodies could only take a shower and come again.

The examination room was even more heavily guarded, and there were soldiers standing with expressionless halberds everywhere. In an examination room, there are different examination rooms, and each candidate has a few cases, a mat, and nothing else. After the candidates are seated, the examiner strictly announces the discipline of the examination room, and naturally it is not allowed to talk to each other, plagiarize others, and make loud noises.

The examination starts from the beginning of the hour and ends at the unitary time, a total of five subjects, which lasts for a whole day, in the morning the three subjects of ritual music, poetry and mathematics, each subject is examined for one hour, and in the afternoon the scriptures and doctrines are examined, each subject is one and a half hours, and the lunch is provided by the examination room.

The examination questions are drawn up by the two examiners of this scientific examination, and the test papers are all printed by the printing press, and after proofreading, there are no mistakes.

Martial arts is carried out in the military camp in the north of Xuzhou, and the items of the examination are divided into four items: martial arts, horsemanship, archery and strategy. Liu Ze personally presided over the preliminary examination of martial arts in the northern military camp.

After the end of the preliminary examination, after intense marking of the papers, three days later, the list of the middle school was announced outside the door of the superintendent's office, with a total of 713 people in the liberal arts and 321 in the martial arts. After the list was released, the crowd of onlookers was like a tide, those on the list were ecstatic and rushed to tell each other, and those who were not on the list beat their chests and feet, and they were sad.

According to the regulations, once the person in the middle of the lifting of the person obtains the meritorious fame, it is for life, not only to obtain the qualification to participate in the examination, but also the county and national meritorious Cao will be recorded, that is to say, the middle lift will be the first step for the scholars to embark on the official career.

Ten days after the release of the list, it ushered in the big examination, and more than 700 lifters gathered in the superintendent to fight for the 60 places on the top three list.

For the imperial examination, Liu Ze did not spend less thought, from the Sui and Tang dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties, he turned over the information, but the real implementation, it is still difficult, after all, the times are different, the imperial examination system of later generations after thousands of years of accumulation, there has been a complete set of imperial examination process, and now Liu Ze started from scratch, exploring an unprecedented road of talent selection, which is destined to be a road full of thorns. However, although it was bumpy, this step finally came down, and the rest is to slowly improve, and you can't become fat in one breath, which is understood by three-year-old children.

The list of the top three has been announced, Zheng Xuan's two high-ranking Guoyuan and Wang Jing are at the top of the list, picking the champion and the list, and the position of Tanhua is Chen Jiao, a native of Dongyang, Guangling. Zheng Xuan's disciple really lived up to his reputation, and he took the lead among the many students in Xuzhou, which made the scholars in Xuzhou envious and jealous.

Zheng Xuan left Xuzhou in a fit of anger and took away most of the disciples, which made Liu Ze very regretful, you must know that Zheng Xuan's thousands of disciples are all talents, and the most poor can also be a scholar, you must know that many of Zheng Xuan's high-foot disciples will become Cao Wei's pillars in the future, Zheng Xuan does not leave, these disciples are very likely to be used by Liu Ze. (To be continued......)