"The Divine Decree has arrived!"

"Weichen Zhao Yiyan welcomes the holy decree!"

Zhao Yiyan, who was dressed in a purple official uniform, knelt down and received a holy decree from Zhu Youzhen in the palace.

As the most important strategic barrier in the Jingshi, the Zhili Mansion was influenced by the capital, that is, the Shuntian Mansion, in all aspects, so no matter what measures Zhu Youzhen had, he implemented.

The first one to receive the news may be Suncheon, and the second one is definitely Naoli.

"Since the date of the issuance of the holy decree, the Ming Dynasty will open a new type of imperial examination, in order to open up the way to serve the country for the people of the world, the old imperial examination will be withdrawn year by year, and the relevant matters and requirements are now issued to you, Qin this."

"Minister. Pick up the order. ”

At this moment, Zhao Yiyan understood that the reform of the imperial examination that had been rumored in Beijing in recent days was not a joke, and when the Dongchang factory guards who came to deliver the decree did not accept their own money.

He also gradually felt the changes after the new emperor took office, and began to prepare for it in the palace early, but what he never expected was.

When he read the appendix after the decree in detail, he realized that this imperial examination was fundamentally different from the previous ones.

First of all, the first point is to completely separate from the localities, the original localities held the most important township examination rights in the imperial examination, although some places still uphold the concept of fair imperial examinations and have not wavered.

But many places are still full of favoritism, after all, no one can get along with silver, right?

In some poorer places, fraud in township trials has become an important means for local officials to make money, after all, studying for the imperial examination as an official is what all the children of the Ming Dynasty and the common people dream of.

There is a saying: "The cave room spends candle nights, when the gold list is inscribed." ”

"This new-style imperial examination will completely abandon the eight-strand article, which will be fundamentally different from the old system, and each local government must strictly organize and carry out the holy decree, and must not conceal the report, distort the holy will, not favor the old system, not restrict it, not publicize it in violation of regulations, and not delay it."

Six must not, behind the reflection is Zhu Youzhen's attention to the reform of the imperial examination, not so much a reform as an attempt, only faster and better will be the people of the Ming Dynasty, especially the scholars.

Only by saving from the purgatory of the eight-strand article, and from the sanctimonious governance articles in the old system, can the Ming Dynasty be rescued from the critical juncture at this moment.

There is no shortage of talents to be officials, but what is lacking is a new-style talent who can understand Zhu Youzhen's intentions, and what is lacking is a talent who has mastered a certain amount of new-style scientific literacy and is deeply educated by the emperor's favor and loyalty.

Only when there are more such people can they better work for the rise of Daming again.

Zhao Yiyan didn't dare to delay, because he knew the power of this reform, and although the new-style imperial examination was directly responsible for the ministry on the surface, everyone actually knew it.

As the first opening exam, in fact, it was Zhu Youzhen standing behind him, it was better to say that His Majesty the Emperor directly rolled up his sleeves and went down to invigilate the exam.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen is also preparing to do this, and the imperial examination will last for three days, but only one subject will be tested every day, which is divided into three parts: current affairs, miscellaneous studies, and talks.

I'm afraid there will be difficulties in the distance, but it is still very simple to inspect the Zhili exam, so Zhao Yiyan does not dare to delay.

Immediately ordered to gather all the officials who were originally preparing for the old imperial examination, including the main officials of the various counties under their jurisdiction, but it was different from other places that received the holy decree.

Zhao Yiyan also played a clever trick, he not only summoned officials, but also gathered teachers from famous academies in various prefectures, in order to pass on the news of the exam in the fastest possible time.

It is not only passed on to various yamen places, but more importantly, it should be passed on to all the students below, all the students who have prepared for the imperial examination I don't know how many cold windows, what are they studying hard for.

Isn't it just to be able to be the top and first in high school one day, and take office as an official or high in the court?

As the first exam, the test results of local candidates are also their scores, which also directly affect the evaluation and assessment of local parents.

This is something that existed in the old system, and Zhu Youzhen did not change at this point, and even increased it.

If there are candidates in the local area who can pass three levels in a row and be admitted to the new college established by Zhu Youzhen, they will receive a golden plaque of "Teaching Party" given by Zhu Youzhen.

Although there is no substantial reward, everyone knows the meaning of this plaque, which is the Son of Heaven Mobao.

It can be said that after winning this honor, not to mention that he will be an official in the future, he will be able to hold his head up among his colleagues.

Otherwise, everyone has it, but you don't?

Is it because of your ability or your attitude, don't say that there is a gap between the scholars under your jurisdiction and the officials in other places, so you have not connected three departments.

Each place is based on the number of local candidates and the situation of the examination, not to mention that the township examination is still organized by you in the state capital, and the results are unsatisfactory, who do you give this reason to go?

In this way, under the encouragement of such honor, officials in various places acted like they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they played with their lives to carry out propaganda, and there were still many people who could not see the situation clearly.

I felt that this might just be a whim of the emperor, so I didn't have to take it to heart, and I just organized some depressed scholars to deal with the errand.

Unexpectedly, the officials in various places did not agree, and the officials above were extremely attentive, and the officials below gradually began to sit still.

Until the end, when the news reached Zhu Youzhen's ears.

The officials below are no longer talking about whether to pay attention to the question of whether or not to pay attention to it, but have set up a large-scale new-style imperial examination propaganda team, and even some local officials in Jiangnan have directly pulled out the banner of the training class.

The gentlemen and teachers who were originally not in the stream to teach miscellaneous studies were invited by the government to attend classes, and Zhu Youzhen provided a general outline of the direction of the entrance examination and the direction of study, so he did not say much.

However, the local government went so far as to organize manpower to study the examination materials, and for a time, new-style imperial examination training classes and mock papers sprung up in various places like mushrooms after a rain.

And the number of candidates has also reached an unprecedented scale, after all, there is no difference in qualification and status in this exam, as long as you are willing to participate, everyone can pass this exam to become an official.

Even the petty officials in some places have been depressed for a long time and cannot be promoted, in order to realize the second value realization of their lives through this examination.

After all, this is the emperor's personal entrance examination, and he can become an official after the entrance examination.

And it's the first time, can the treatment be small in the future?

Since everyone has reached such a consensus, it is not surprising that the number of candidates below surpasses that of previous dynasties, after all, there have been places where a teacher in his seventies has been sitting in the training class overnight and listening to the situation of the original miscellaneous teacher teaching arithmetic.