In order to alleviate their expenses and increase the enthusiasm of poor Confucian students who are rushing to take the exam, Liu Zhi has introduced corresponding preferential policies.

Candidates who are confirmed to be in poverty by the local government can receive an interest-free loan of 1,000 yuan from the county government for travel expenses, which will be repaid for three years.

In the capital, the imperial court prepared a cheap inn, which was next to Taixue, with low prices and special management.

With a certificate from the local government, you can move in and a sumptuous free dinner will be served every day during the exam.

In this way, the embarrassing situation of candidates with difficult family circumstances has been greatly alleviated, so that they have no worries.

The imperial examination is a major event in the lives of students, and it is also a triennial carnival in Beijing.

Not to mention the poetry and wine gathering of students from all walks of life, the romantic West Garden Poetry Club, and the trial strategy of the palace of the Lotus Flower......

The flower arrangement parade after the palace examination alone has already become a scene in the capital.

At that time, almost all the famous opera troupes in the capital will set up stages along the way and perform for free.

Some famous Oiran and the like will also compete on the same stage, singing and dancing, you know, ordinary people may not be able to see the beauty even if they hold the money on weekdays.

Since the first imperial examination, it has formed a routine, and such a grand occasion has naturally become a festival that the people of the whole city are looking forward to infinitely.

There will even be rich people and talents from other places, who will come to see the excitement, and the merchants of Jingshi will also take advantage of the trend to hype up and make this a business feast.

With the opening of the Silk Road, businessmen from all over the world gathered in Beijing, and everyone of them had a sharp eye, so they naturally would not let go of such a good business opportunity.

The businessmen of this era have no smaller brains than later generations, and have developed a lot of money-making projects for exams.

What is the chief wine, the banquet, and the chief served...... Anyway, no matter what, as long as it is stained with the word "leader", it will immediately become a sought-after.

Other things, such as sticky list eyes or flower fame, also have a market.

Of course, there are also some shady private deals, such as claiming that they have a relationship and can get exam questions.

There are also those who help others write poems on their behalf, and they guarantee that they can be a blockbuster.

There are even those who help others write policy theories, write a dozen or twenty articles on current affairs, and they are all familiar with them, and they are not afraid of anything when the time comes.

As for those with a little background who find a way to go through the back door, there are not a few people who are bound to win the ten recommended places.

When filial piety was raised back then, corruption and fraud became commonplace, and a large number of uneducated second ancestors were stuffed in.

Now that the imperial examination has just stepped onto the right track, all kinds of targeted methods of malpractice have also followed.

In fact, Liu Zhi also knows that it is impossible to completely eliminate fraud, but as long as it is not a large-scale cheating incident that touches the bottom line, he will not delve into it.

In any case, the imperial examination system has improved a lot compared with the previous recommendation system, at least breaking the monopoly of the gate valve and giving other classes a glimmer of hope.

In turn, these families are motivated to work hard and stay motivated, rather than degrading with the number of recommended places.

In each batch of imperial examination candidates, there are some very eye-catching figures, such as Chen Yu at the beginning.

And this time it is even more amazing, because the famous celebrity Xun Shu actually has five sons who participated in this imperial examination at the same time.

Who is Xun Shu?

He was a famous sage, a descendant of Xunzi, knowledgeable, noble, and his former lieutenant Li Gu was his disciple, and Li Ying, who was appreciated by Liu Zhi, also respected him as a teacher.

During the period of Emperor Chong, the Empress Dowager Liang was in charge of the dynasty, Xun Shu ridiculed and accused Liang Ji, was persecuted, and was transferred to the Marquis of Langling.

His people are upright and clear in governance, and they are called "divine kings".

Later, he simply resigned and went home, lived idlely to raise his ambition, and gave most of the family property to his clan and good friends, and only read books and teach his children and nephews every day.

In the third year of Xiyuan, Xun Shu died of illness in his hometown of Yingchuan at the age of 67, and his eight sons all followed the etiquette to keep filial piety for him for three years.

Even Li Ying, who was far away in Qingzhou at the time, once wrote to Liu Zhi, asking to go to work for the teacher to keep filial piety, but Liu Zhi refused with the righteousness of the country, and then he served at home to mourn vegetarian.

Chen Yu, Du Mi and others erected monuments to praise it, and people from the surrounding two counties also donated and built ancestral halls to express their deep nostalgia for Mr. Ji He.

Liu Zhijiu heard that all the eight sons of the Xun family were talented and outstanding, thrifty, Sui, Jing, Tao, Wang, Shuang, Su, and specialized, all of whom were talented people.

They enjoyed a good reputation in Shilin, and the eldest son, Xun Jian, was in weak health, so he recuperated at home and did not plan to become a leader.

His son Xun Yue was a famous political commentator and historian during the Three Kingdoms, and was once adapted by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty in chronological style.

The second son, Xun Qi, served as the minister of Jinan before his father's death, and resigned after his father's serious illness, and did not return to the ministry after the mourning period.

This person has a famous son during the Three Kingdoms period, Xun Yu, who was the chief adviser under Cao Cao.

The three-character Xunjing has the most fame, and people say that he has great virtue and is kind and bright, but this person has always had the ambition of the mountains and forests, and has no intention of being in the official career.

This time, none of the three took the exam, and the remaining five brothers all came, and they also achieved good rankings in the county exam, almost taking the top few places in Yuzhou.

In particular, Xun Shuang, the sixth son of the Xun family, was twenty-six years old and had already won the first place in the state examination.

He is also a popular candidate for this palace examination, and his prestige value surpasses that of talented people in other states, which is beyond the reach of the dust.

The youngest Xun's eighth son, Xun Zhuan, is only nineteen years old this year, and he can be described as a young hero with a bright future.

Although they missed the first two imperial examinations because of their father's filial piety, Liu Zhi felt that even if there was no special circumstance, they would wait and see for a few years and wait for the situation to become clear.

Xun Shu himself became famous when he was Emperor An, but he refused to be called up several times, and it was not until Emperor Shun that he was appointed as a councillor because of the strong recommendation of Du Qiao and Fang Zhi.

But soon hung up the crown and left, returned to the mountains and forests, lived idlely, and led the clan to plough.

Liu Zhizhi thought that he was disgusted with the darkness of officialdom and disgusted with intrigue and intrigue, so he would rather write books and teach his children.

Since he began the reform of the imperial examination and the rectification of the rule of officials, the change in the atmosphere of the imperial court is obvious to all, even if it is still difficult to avoid the collapse of officialdom, but compared with before, the situation has improved a lot.

The Xun family waited and watched again and again, and finally agreed with what Liu Zhi did, so they decided that the five brothers would go out of the mountain at the same time.

Anyway, it is based on ability to take the exam, unlike recommendation, brothers have to avoid each other, if the five can get good results, they can also pave the way for their future careers.

The five brothers can also help each other and advance and retreat together.

As for the three elder brothers, he estimated that it was the retreat left by the Xun family after the discussion.

This Xun Shu is really a strange person, he doesn't think it's unusual for him to be outstanding in his own talent, but the difficulty is that the eight sons are all successful.

If you live a few more years, he is definitely a great educator, and his ability to teach and educate people is really admirable.

It's a pity that after he ascended the throne, he didn't have the opportunity to see his demeanor, but now it should be seen from the five sons of the Xun family.

Liu Zhi can now be said to be thirsty for talent, can get the help of the Xun family, naturally everyone is happy, although the Xun family is also a family, but it belongs to the family of cultivation and reading, and those who only know the arrogance and lasciviousness of the eunuch family, there is a fundamental difference.

Due to the thorough preparation, the big exam went very smoothly, and it can be said that there were no twists and turns, and at the beginning of August, the three days of the exam were only orderly.

The only thing that surprised the candidates was that they were no longer confined to scripture in the assessment of basic knowledge, and they were involved in geography, history, arithmetic, etc.

In fact, this point has long been traced, there were already signs of this in the last imperial examination, and His Majesty has increased subjects in both Taixue and Guanxue.

A slightly smarter student would have guessed it a long time ago, and he wouldn't have panicked now.

After the exam, it is still the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, and Liu Zhi plans to have a lively festival this year.

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After all, the country's economy has been in dire straits in the past two years, and in order to tide over the difficulties together, he vigorously advocated frugality, and almost all festivals were simply held.

Taking advantage of this year's victory in Annan, and the peace of the country and the people, it is good to celebrate.

Therefore, he also learned a Roman governor, and hung all kinds of lanterns in the capital's large and small markets out of his own pocket.

He also went out to hold a grand lantern festival in the West Garden, including wishing lanterns, lotus lanterns, etc., which were very novel and chic, so that the people of Beijing looked forward to it.

In Taixue, all the marking teachers are nervously marking the test papers, and after the first two transitions, it is logical to change to the scoring system this year.

There are a total of six exams, including arithmetic, fundamentals of economics, geography and history, and economics, policy theory, and political theory.

Each roll paper is worth 100 points and 60 points is passed, and each subject must be above the passing line. The total score is 600 points, and 420 points are the admission line.

490 to 550 points are average, and above are excellent, and when the officials are assigned to the office, they will be distributed according to the rank.

After the score came out, it would first be presented to the emperor, Liu Zhi saw Xun Shuang's name at first sight, and couldn't help but smile, as he expected.

If nothing else, he can come out on top again in the temple examination, according to later generations, it is the third yuan and the first.

From ancient times to the present, there are very few talented people who can obtain the three yuan and the first, and there are only a few people who have gone through the history of the imperial examination in China for thousands of years, and all of them are geniuses who are not born in the world.

In the imperial examinations of later generations, only those who won the first place in the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination, and the Xie Yuan, Hui Yuan, and champion could be collectively called "three yuan".

In the long years, there are very few people who have won this award, only 16 people, which shows how difficult it is.

It is said that some of these sixteen people are not even in the three yuan, but divided into multiple scientific examinations, and accumulated to become the only three yuan.

Now that Xun Shuang has won two yuan, according to the current situation, I am afraid that this palace test leader will not be able to run and become the first genius in this dynasty.

Even Liu Zhi, the emperor, was looking forward to this, and after the emperor list was sent, the entire Jingshi was a sensation, because the five sons of the Xun family were not only all on the list, but also all on the first list.

It can be seen how good the five brothers are, which is eye-opening.

All of a sudden, there was a discussion of this matter everywhere in the capital, and everyone invariably focused on them, expecting them to be able to create miracles again during the palace test.

According to the practice of the last imperial examination, a poetry competition will be held in the West Garden in the afternoon, but in order to prevent cheating, this time the topic will be decided by drawing lots.

As for the marking of the papers, it is still an open vote, the same as last time.

The seats in the West Garden Restaurant are simply hard to find, and they were booked out as early as two or three months ago.

On this day, the West Garden is full of lights, the osmanthus is fragrant, the autumn chrysanthemum is turquoise, and the scenery is unique here.

Countless literati and scholars gathered together, which was not only an exam, but also a grand gathering of Han literati and scholars.

People compete to evaluate the poems, the heart is embroidered, the romance is rich, and the scenery of poetry and wine is good.

As for the court, they are also seizing the time to discuss the ten recommended places, which is purely the distribution of the interests of all parties in the court.

Liu Zhi never participated in this kind of controversy, and was happy to wait and see, and from the results of their game, we could get a glimpse of the rise and fall and changes of the imperial court's power, which also provided a basis for his subsequent balancing strategy.

In this year's Beijing Teacher Examination, the number of participants is unprecedented, with more than 8,000 people in total, and there are also many people who have been admitted to the admission line, a total of more than 3,000.

There are only 30 poems to be added in the follow-up, and 10 recommended places, compared with the total number of these 40, it is simply trivial and cannot affect the overall situation.

But it can give the green light to some special talents, and also give some hope to the family and balance the grievances of some of them.

For the emperor himself, it is indeed a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

The second day is the palace test, as soon as the five sons of the Xun family appeared, it was eye-catching, especially the three youngest, all of whom were Zhilan Yushu, a talent.

Seeing that Liu Zhidu was tempted, it was a pity that his daughters were too young to recruit horses.

Originally, Emperor Shun still had two little princesses, but unfortunately they had just gotten married, and if they participated in the imperial examination last time, they might still be able to catch up.

The full hall of civil and military affairs almost paid attention to them, and it can be said that the dazzling light of the five sons of the Xun family suppressed the other candidates.

Originally, Liu Zhi planned to let Li Ying be the deputy chief examiner, but because of the existence of their brothers, he insisted on not accepting it, saying that he needed to avoid suspicion.

There is no doubt that the literary skills of the five sons of the Xun family are profound, but in view of Xun Shu's uprightness, he is very worried that these brothers are also the kind of people who are old-fashioned and do not know how to change.

You must know that it is not enough to be good at learning, and in the future, at most, you can only enter the Hanlin Academy or Taixue, and become a scholar or something, but it has no role in court politics.

What he needs is a talent who can be a pillar of the country, not a literary master.

Moreover, for the sake of fairness, this palace examination no longer adopts a question system, but a proposition composition, and then it is jointly reviewed on the spot, and the best ones are selected.

Liu Zhi deliberately came up with a topic that tested his flexibility, "On the status of agriculture and commerce in the country." ”

At this time, most of the Confucian scholars were old-fashioned and conservative, and basically supported the importance of agriculture and the suppression of business, and would not balance the relationship between the two parties.

It is also impossible to see that the two can complement each other and develop together.

Of course, because Liu Zhigao is above the temple, some people are detached from the people, and they act completely on the experience of later generations, and there are indeed some deficiencies in policy.

That's why he wanted to listen to different opinions as a reference for adjusting policies in the future.

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