The time is gradually coming to August, the heat is gone, and the weather is cooler, but the enthusiasm of the people in Chang'an City is extremely high, and the much-anticipated imperial examination is coming.

At this time, nearly 50,000 scholars from all over the world poured into Chang'an, although the number of people was much less than the Xiangyang imperial examination a few years ago, but the quality was higher.

Although the number of people is only 50,000, it still crowds the hostels and taverns in Chang'an, each hostel is full of scholars, and even many hostels have set up sheds in the courtyard, and the sheds are full of beds, many of them are only one zhang long and five feet wide, but they still can't stop their desire for fame.

Jiang Wei is seventeen years old this year, he came to participate in this year's imperial examination as a scholar of Longxi County, but in fact, Jiang Wei has been following Zhao Yun's side, is Zhao Yun's beloved apprentice, he is not only excellent in martial arts, but also has a very high level of knowledge, can be called both civil and military, although he is still very young, but it does not hinder his determination to seek fame.

Jiang Wei did not live in Zhao Yun's Mansion, but lived in the Wang's Hostel not far from Zhao Yun's Mansion, where it happened half a year ago when Hexi official Li Wen was chased and killed by the man in black.

However, the bloody incident that occurred half a year ago has long been forgotten, and the Wang hostel was full of guests, and the hostel, which could only accommodate 60 guests, was forced to cramcome with 200 people, all of whom were scholars from all over the world who came to participate in the imperial examination.

Everyone lives together, everyone naturally became a friend, Jiang Wei's guest room lived four people, in addition to him, there was also a scholar from Changshan County, named Lu Cong, it is said that he is the grandson of Lu Zhi, a famous scholar in Hebei, and the other two are from Wu County, one is named Gu Han, the other is named Zhang Ting, the two are together, although they refuse to say it clearly, but Jiang Wei still guessed their family, the Gu family and the Zhang family in the three major families of Wu County.

As the saying goes, 'the aristocracy inherits power, and the scholars inherit culture', whether in the Han Dynasty or for a long period of history later, culture was in the hands of the scholars, who cultivated generations of talented children through their profound family education, so that the family could continue for thousands of years.

Although the government also organizes official schools, its financial resources and manpower are limited, and it is far from being comparable with the profound family studies, and the students cultivated are far inferior to the children of the family in terms of knowledge and official connections, so that they lose in the competition.

Although Liu Jing put forward the principles of open imperial examination, fair competition, and equality between the Han and the Han, although the procedures were equal, their own Su zhì was not equal, and in the fair competition, the children of the Han family still could not compete with the children of the famous families.

There is no way to do this, there is no absolute equality in the world itself, and many so-called equality is just a gesture to coax some people who are not more worldly to believe.

Jiang Wei and the three alumni quickly became familiar with each other, and he became close friends with Lu Cong, Gu and Zhang formed a circle of their own, although they usually have a good relationship, but they would never say it to Jiang Wei if they dig out their hearts.

That night, Gu and Zhang went out to drink and did not return, and only Jiang Wei and Lu Cong were studying hard in the room, but Lu Cong found that Jiang Wei seemed to be a little preoccupied, so he asked in a low voice: "Brother Xian seems to have something on his mind?" ”

Lu Cong is twenty-two years old this year, five years older than Jiang Wei, and he knows more about human feelings than him, he knows that Jiang Wei is Zhao Yun's apprentice, and he also received special funding from the King of Han, and his identity is extraordinary, but Lu Cong never mentioned this matter, he was quite concerned about Jiang Wei, and when he saw that he was uneasy tonight, he couldn't help but ask him.

Jiang Wei and Lu Cong became close friends, and he didn't hide a lot of things from each other, he sighed low and said: "It is estimated that after this imperial examination, the Han army will launch a campaign against Jiangdong." ”

"So soon, doesn't it mean next spring?"

Everyone in the world knows that the Han army will fight against Jiangdong sooner or later, and Lu Cong is no exception, but he heard that it is tomorrow spring, but he unexpectedly got the latest news from Jiang Wei, he knows that Jiang Wei's identity is extraordinary, there must be inside information, Lu Cong is in good spirits, and he doesn't care about reading, and looks at Jiang Wei with surprise in his eyes.

"I heard from an uncle that this year's summer grain harvest was bumper, and the Han army was preparing for war in advance, and the preparations were over, just waiting for the Han King to order the expedition, and I heard that the Han King was going to go to Jingzhou to inspect after the end of this imperial examination, and it should be a war."

Lu Cong nodded, the Han army's attack on Jiangdong had no interest in him, but it was different from Gu and Zhang, and he reminded Jiang Wei, "This is confidential military information, don't publicize it, especially don't let those two know." ”

Jiang Wei knew which two people Lu Cong was referring to, he shook his head and said, "I only say this to you, and I will never talk nonsense about others." ”

Lu Cong smiled and said, "Actually! It doesn't hurt to sue them, the families of these two people have long been separated from Sun Quan, they want to seek a future in the Han Kingdom, so they let their children come to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination, as far as I know, not only the families of Wu County and Huiji County, but also many big families in Jianye secretly sent their children to Chang'an for reference, even Zhang Zhao"

Lu Cong paused for a moment and looked at Jiang Wei meaningfully, Jiang Wei really jumped up in shock, "No!" Did even Zhang Zhao send his nephew? ”

"If a gentleman doesn't stand under the dangerous wall, do you think Zhang Zhao will defend Jiangdong?"

"But he has always been dissatisfied with the Han army, even if he finds another way out, his son and nephew should also go to Cao Wei, how can he come to Han?"

"Although Zhang Zhao has always been harsh on the Han Kingdom, but it is just that each is his own master, even our Lu family knows that I came to Chang'an to seek a career, doesn't he Zhang Zhao understand?"

Jiang Wei pondered and said, "But I haven't heard Gu and Zhang talk about it, they should also know." ”

"The two of them know!"

Lu Cong pursed his lips disdainfully and said: "Those two people cling to the difference in geography and refuse to contact the outside world, what news will they have, you have to pay attention to a person named Wang Zhi, Pengcheng County Shizi, this person is Zhang Zhao's nephew, his original name was Zhang Zhi, and he deliberately changed his surname to Wang." ”

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and the two hurriedly stopped talking and read their own books, at this time, the door was pushed open, and Gu Han and Zhang Ting, who lived with them, walked into the house.

Gu Han smiled: "Did Brother Lu and Brother Jiang Xian have dinner?" ”

Jiang Wei hurriedly replied with a smile: "We had dinner in the hostel and didn't go out." ”

"You two are too serious, you read books all day, and you don't understand the information outside."

Lu Cong smiled and said, "Could it be that the two virtuous brothers have gotten some news, you might as well come and hear it!" ”

Gu and Zhang sat down and took a sip of tea, and Zhang Ting said to them: "The chief examiner has been decided, it is Shangshu Jiang Wan." ”

Lu Cong and Jiang Wei both laughed, and Lu Cong said, "If it's Jiang Shangshu, then congratulations to Brother Gu." ”

When Gu Han first moved in, he told them that Shangshu Jiang Wan was the disciple of the head of their Gu family, Jiang Wan once worshipped Gu Yong as a teacher, of course Gu Han was a little bit of a show-off, but he didn't expect Jiang Wan to be the chief examiner, and he was also nervous in his heart, if he went to find Jiang Wan, would Jiang Wan help with this? He really wasn't sure, and it was too late to look for it.

Gu Han sighed and said: "When I went out, the head of the family ordered me not to trouble Jiang Shangshu, so I didn't go, I didn't expect that Jiang Shangshu would be the main exam, and now there are only ten days before the exam, they should be isolated!" ”

Jiang Wei smiled: "It's really a pity, even if he doesn't isolate now, he won't see outsiders." ”

"It's a pity, it's still a vague name exam, and he doesn't know my surname Gu, I regret it! Otherwise, Jiang Shangshu would definitely give the head of the family this face. ”

Lu Cong shook his head, "Even if he knows, there is no way, this time it is different from the Xiangyang exam, the interview is canceled, and the future is determined directly by the exam." ”

Gu Zhang and the others glanced at each other and said in surprise: "Brother Lu is serious about this, and he canceled the interview?" ”

"I've only heard about it, and it should be announced tomorrow."

Gu Zhang and the others secretly complained, they also hoped that during the interview, King Han would admit the two of them for the sake of their family, if they had known that the interview had been canceled, what would they have drunk out?

The two of them hurriedly took out the scroll and began to study, Lu Cong glanced at the two of them, pursed his lips, turned over again, and looked at the book by himself

Ten days later, the imperial examination of the Han State was officially held in Chang'an Guozixue and Weiyang Palace, more than 50,000 scholars from all over the world participated in this grand examination, the examination will be tested for three days, the test questions are divided into three subjects: pasting scriptures, doing endowments and policy theories, and finally admitting 100 scholars to supplement the shortage of officials from all over the country.

In fact, of the 50,000 reference scholars, at least 10,000 were students of Guozixue, and the remaining 40,000 were talented people from all over the world.

The recruitment of new officials in the Han State is not only a way to pass the imperial examination, but also the Guozi examination, that is, after the Guozi students pass the guò assessment and examination, they can also become officials, and the so-called assessment is whether they have helped the government to resettle refugees and so on.

The premise is that you must start from the local officials, step by step, and the qualifications are promoted, but the highest can only be engaged in or the county, and you will not be qualified to be too sure, and you must pass the imperial examination to be too shou or even Xiangguo.

Therefore, many students of Guozixue are not willing to participate in the Guozi examination, but to participate in the imperial examination, but for the world's scholars, entering the Guozi study is their back road, even if they can't pass the imperial examination, but the first 3,000 scholars can also choose to enter the Guozi School, and the government will provide room and board, without them spending a penny, for a four-year further study, and they can also participate in the imperial examination at any time halfway, why not?

In addition, there is another way to become a civilian officer through the army, and you can become a civilian officer through the assessment, and you can do it step by step, but you can not be restricted by rank, and the highest can be a military division, and then become a military division, like Sima Yi, Pang Tong, and Fa Zheng, the three Xiangguo are transferred from military divisions.

However, for the vast majority of people, it is basically impossible to become a military advisor, and at most they can only join the army or be the main officer, and then transfer to the local Taishou.

Like Dong Yun, Liu Min, Qin Mi, Zhou Budo, etc., they all changed from military to civilian, this is a shortcut, although it is a shortcut, but there are not many scholars to choose, because once you can't pass the civilian assessment, you have to carry a spear to the front line to fight, which is too risky for scholars.

More people are willing to squeeze the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination, and only 500 people can admit one person, and thousands of troops and horses are fighting on this single-plank bridge.

Half a month later, the much-anticipated Han imperial examination was finally released.

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