In the autumn of the fourth year of the early peace of the Han Dynasty, after the second bloody battle of Puyang, Zhuang Shaoyou opened the imperial examination in Puyang, Liaonan, and Beihai in Yanzhou! Ludong County Shoukong Rong served as the chief examiner, and the content of the examination was based on Confucian classics and divided into three subjects: policy theory, scripture and history, and miscellaneous studies.

Policy theory is the first subject, which examines the scholars' views on the current hot current affairs, there is no standard answer, but it is extremely difficult, and it is also a key subject to measure the scholars' ability to deal with government affairs!

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the hundred schools, after that, Confucianism became the first school in the world, and scholars in the world studied Confucian classics.

Miscellaneous studies is the third subject, which examines the breadth of scholars' knowledge and vision, including non-Confucian schools of thought such as Mohist, Taoist, and Legalist.

Zhuang Shaoyou's actions caused an uproar in the world, and the top of society naturally fiercely opposed it, while the middle-level small intellectuals and small families fully supported it, while the people at the lower level did not react much, and this had little to do with them.

In April, the news spread all over the world through the Intelligence Department, and although the princes everywhere obstructed it in every possible way, there were still many scholars who arrived in Puyang and Beihai to participate in the imperial examination through the assistance of the Intelligence Department.

Zhuang Shaoyou delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the first imperial examination in Puyang, advocating the core idea of selecting people by talent, applying only by quantity, and not judging heroes by birth, which was strongly supported by the candidates.

The exam lasts for three days, with one subject per day.

There are more than 1,000 candidates in the Puyang examination area, more than 600 candidates in the Beihai examination area, and more than 300 candidates in the southern Liaoning examination area. Candidates from Sili, Hebei, Yuzhou, Huaiyang, Jingzhou, and even Yizhou are concentrated in Puyang.

Accommodation, food, and travel expenses during the test and before the results are announced will be borne by the authorities.

Puyang in September, after the autumn harvest, the people began to prepare for winter, in fact, there is nothing to prepare, there is everything in the city. With nothing to do, the ongoing imperial examination has become a hot topic in Puyang.

The large and small liquor shops in Puyang City are doing a booming business, and they are full every day, and the scholars who gather here mingle, discuss, and look forward to the announcement of the results.

September 28, the auspicious day of the zodiac.

Puyang, Beihai, and southern Liaoning announced the test results at the same time.

A total of more than 2,000 candidates in the three places will calculate their results.

The first class is a jinshi and the first, a total of three, the champion is Wei Kai after the famous family in Hedong, the list eye is Chen Qun Chen Changwen, the son of Yingchuan Shizi, and Tanhua is Sima Lang from a famous family in Hanoi.

The second class gave jinshi, a total of thirty-six, and was divided among the scholars of the world.

The top three are the same jinshi, a total of one hundred and eight.

After the fourth grade, there are 360 jinshi.

Among them, less than half of the scholars in the territory under Zhuang Shaoyou's rule were taken, and the rest of the places were taken away by the scholars who came from other places.

The naming of the champion once caused a fierce struggle, and the faction led by Tian Feng advocated the admission of Yingchuan Chen Qun, because Chen Qun had a relatively ordinary background, and it was of great significance to position him as the first champion; However, Kong Rong and the Confucian Council of Elders firmly supported Wei Kai, who was also from Confucianism, on the grounds that it could ease the tense relationship with the family, and Wei Kai's overall score was indeed one point higher than Chen Qun's.

For this reason, the two rows of people almost fought, and the dispute was very fierce.

In the end, Zhuang Shaoyou clapped the board, and there are no rules! According to the results!

As a result, Wei Kai, who had the best results, became the top winner, and Chen Qun had no objection to this.

Chen Qun, a famous scholar in Yingchuan, was born in a Legalist family. Two years ago, he joined Cao Cao's camp and served as a scribe under Cao Cao, in charge of the law. Although Cao Cao had many capable people under his command, these people were unruly, regarded the law as nothing, and often committed foul plays, and Cao Cao took a laissez-faire attitude towards this.

In April, Chen Qun learned that Zhuang Shaoyou had opened the imperial examination, and immediately decided to abandon the official position, and with the assistance of the Yingchuan Division of the Intelligence Department, rushed to Puyang to take the examination. In the end, because of the first subject of economics and history, he dragged his feet and passed by the champion, but Chen Qun's strategy and miscellaneous studies were the highest scores among all candidates.

When the results are announced, some people are naturally happy and some are worried, and those who are admitted are naturally looking forward to the next personnel appointments, and some of the scholars who failed to return to their hometowns immediately, but there are still many people who do not give up and stay in Puyang, waiting for the next exam.

Among the three people on the first list, the champion Wei Kai was appointed as the Taishou of Luxi County, and the grade was the fourth grade.

In order to set an example of Chen Qun's appointment, Zhuang Shaoyou took great pains to think about it, and finally gritted his teeth and set up a separate criminal law department under the Ministry of Administration, with Chen Qun as the executive deputy director and acting as the director, with the grade from four grades.

Tanhualang Sima Lang is also Zhuang Shaoyou's old acquaintance in Luoyang, and was appointed by Zhuang Shaoyou as an administrative assistant to the Administration Department, participating in political affairs, assisting Guoyuan and others in handling government affairs, and the grade is five grades.

The remaining 504 jinshi are sent to the administration department and the county government according to their respective talents, and the grades range from positive six to eight grades.

The imperial examination and the subsequent personnel appointments once again sparked heated discussions in the world, with very strong opponents and supporters, and the two sides were at loggerheads, and because of the appointment of Wei Kai and Sima Lang, the fierce criticism of Zhuang Shaoyou by the famous families was much softened, but it was still hostile. Those who speak fiercely regard Wei Kai and Sima Lang as traitors to famous families!

Although the exam is over, Zhuang Shaoyou has become more busy, because this is the first exam after all, so it is not perfect in many aspects, and this exam is interfered with by too many factors, resulting in the final result contrary to Zhuang Shaoyou's expectations.

After half a month of summary and adjustment, Zhuang Shaoyou and everyone drafted the regulations of the imperial examination, which completely institutionalized the imperial examination, and everything in the future examination will be done according to the rules.

Zhuang Shaoyou divided the imperial examination into a preliminary examination and a re-examination, the preliminary examination was held by the local counties, and the administrative department unified the questions and screened out some scholars. The first test is held once a year in the fall. The re-examination is held once every three years, the location is tentatively set for Puyang, and the scholars who have passed the preliminary examination can go to Puyang to participate in the re-examination, and the list of the top three will be announced after the re-examination, and the special four-class will be cancelled, and the number of candidates admitted to the re-examination will be one-twentieth to one-tenth of the number of candidates. It also stipulates that the first three grades are positive from the sixth grade, the second grade of the Jinshi is from the seventh grade, and the grade of the third class with the Jinshi is from the eighth grade.

When the news came out, those scholars who missed the first imperial examination or landed were immediately regretful and annoyed. Because there are a lot of preferential policies in the first session, and the grade is generally high, there will be no such good thing in the future.

Compared with the imperial examination, the Army Academy in Puyang has also been appropriately adjusted, and the original Army Academy has only one junior class, which is used to train soldiers with outstanding military achievements to train low-level officers in the city. After the reform, the Army Academy will recruit students from all over the country and the army every year to join the junior class.

After graduating from the junior class, he was awarded the rank of warrant officer and then joined the army.

In addition, the Army Academy has also set up an advanced class, which mainly recruits outstanding cadets from among the lieutenants and captains in the army for training, and will be awarded the rank of major after successful graduation.

In addition, the Army Academy also has a special staff class, the number of which is scarce, but the requirements are extremely high, because the staff officers are only set up in the brigade-level structure, with the rank of major, so it is also a kind of senior class.

Enrollment is held once a year for the junior class, while for the senior and staff classes is triennial.

The Liaoning South Naval Division College is the same, adding advanced classes, staff classes, and marine combat classes.

The next main task is to stabilize the interior, form an effective institutional system, digest and stabilize the territory of Yanzhou, expand the army, especially the naval division, and take precautions for the pacification of Jiangnan.